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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Report of the Army Medical Department, Great Britain
Author: Report for the year (Great Britain. Army Medical Services). v. 1, 1859
Author: An Equal Burden
Author: Jessica MeyerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192557416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
An Equal Burden is the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Though they were not professional medical caregivers, they were called upon to provide urgent medical care and, as non-combatants, were forbidden from carrying weapons. Their role in the war effort was quite unique and warranting of further study. Structured both chronologically and thematically, An Equal Burden examines the work that RAMC rankers undertook and its importance to the running of the chain of medical evacuation. It additionally explores the gendered status of these men within the medical, military, and cultural hierarchies of a society engaged in total war. Through close readings of official documents, personal papers, and cultural representations, Meyer argues that the ranks of the RAMC formed a space in which non-commissioned servicemen, through their many roles, defined and redefined medical caregiving as men's work in wartime.
Report for the year (Great Britain. Army Medical Services). v. 48, 1906
Author: Report for the year (Great Britain. Army Medical Services). v. 38, 1896
Author: Report for the year (Great Britain. Army Medical Services). v. 42, 1900
Author: Report for the year (Great Britain. Army Medical Services). v. 37, 1895
Author: Report of the Medical Department
Author: Great Britain. Local Government BoardPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65).
Author: United States. Surgeon-General's OfficePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Faithful in Adversity
Author: John BroomPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526749564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
An account of the World War II heroics of the corps that “revolutionized medical care for British troops . . . Most Highly Recommended” (Firetrench). On 28 September 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery expressed his “admiration and high regard to a corps whose contribution to victory has been beyond all calculation.” The Royal Army Medical Corps was active during all engagements in the Second World War. From the defeat in Norway in 1940 to the hell of Dunkirk and the fall of France, from the chaos of the retreat through Greece and Crete to the war’s turning point in the vast deserts of North Africa, from the intensity of D-Day and the Normandy campaign to the reverses at Arnhem and the eventual liberation of the German death camps and Far East prison camps, RAMC personnel were frequently at the heart of the action, risking their lives to provide medical support to a mobile army in a highly mechanized war. For those taken prisoner by the enemy, maintaining the physical and psychological well-being of their fellow captives became an urgent necessity, while for a small number of exceptionally brave and hardy souls, attachment to commando units saw them provide medical support for some of the most daring raids of the war. Nearly 3,000 RAMC doctors and orderlies were killed during the war as a result of enemy action or exposure to dangerous tropical diseases. Using previously unpublished archival material and personal family papers, this book sheds fresh light on the experience of the regulars, volunteers and conscripts who gave expression to the motto of the RAMC: Faithful in Adversity.