Medicine in First World War Europe : soldiers, medics, pacifists / Fiona Reid.

  • Reid, Fiona
Date:
2017
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Explores the history of medical services, health and welfare in Europe during the First World War."--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

London ; New York ; New Delhi : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Physical description

263 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index.

Contents

Introduction: War is good for medicine -- From the trench to the hospital -- Iconic wounds: gas, shell shock, facial injury -- Ordinary soldiers and ordinary pain -- "We did not fight": medical pacifism and war -- Lessons and legacies: "Blood swept lands and seas of red".

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    LM.3.AA9
    		Open shelves

Permanent link

Identifiers

ISBN

  • 147251002X
  • 9781472513243