Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on South African HospitalsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Consider and Report Upon the Care and Treatment of the Sick and Wounded During the South African Campaign
Author: Report of His Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Military Preparations and Other Matters Connected with the War in South Africa
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Filth Disease
Author: Jacob Steere-WilliamsPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1648250025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Shows how the investigation of local outbreaks of typhoid fever in Victorian Britain led to the emergence of the modern discipline of epidemiology as the leading science of public health
Bullets and Bacilli
Author: Vincent J. CirilloPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813533391
Category : Medicine, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This work focuses primarily on military medicine during this conflict. Historian Vincent J. Cirillo argues that there is a universal element of military culture that stifles medical progress. This war gave army medical officers an opportunity to introduce to the battlefield new medical technology, including the X-ray, aseptic surgery and sanitary systems derived from the germ theory. With few exceptions, however, their recommendations were ignored almost completely.
The South African War, 1899-1902
Author: Engineer School Library (Fort Belvoir, Va.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-Boereoorlog, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Medicine and Modern Warfare
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004333274
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
After years at the margins of medical history, the relationship between war and medicine is at last beginning to move centre-stage. The essays in this volume focus on one important aspect of that relationship: the practice and development of medicine within the armed forces from the late nineteenth century through to the end of the Second World War. During this crucial period, medicine came to occupy an important position in military life, especially during the two world wars when manpower was at a premium. Good medical provisions were vital to the conservation of manpower, protecting servicemen from disease and returning the sick and wounded to duty in the shortest possible time. A detailed knowledge of the serviceman's mind and body enabled the authorities to calculate and standardise rations, training and disciplinary procedures. Spanning the laboratory and the battlefield, and covering a range of national contexts, the essays in this volume provide valuable insights into different national styles and priorities. They also examine the relationship between medical personnel and the armed forces as a whole, by looking at such matters as the prevention of disease, the treatment of psychiatric casualties and the development of medical science. The volume as a whole demonstrates that medicine became an increasingly important part of military life in the era of modern warfare, and suggests new avenues and approaches for future study.
Roberts & Kitchener in South Africa, 1900–1902
Author: Rodney AtwoodPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844685640
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The British Army was shocked by three military defeats in a week in South Africa in late 1899. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. Something must be done was the cry across the Empire. Britain sent forth not one, but two military heroes. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Major General Lord Kitchener spent their first five weeks in South Africa restoring morale, reorganising their forces and deceiving the enemy as to their intentions. In the next four weeks their offensive transformed the war: Kimberley and Ladysmith were relieved from Boer sieges and an enemy force of 4000 under General Cronje was captured on the Modder River. A long and bitter guerrilla war ensured in a terrain ideally suited to fast-moving Boer commandoes. On the dark side, deeds were committed of which no civilised empire priding itself on justice and fair play could be proud. The comradeship-in-arms of Roberts and Kitchener, their differing yet complementary personalities, their strategic and tactical decisions are described and assessed using a wide variety of sources including, personal papers and official correspondence. By these mens resourcefulness the British Army, despite its unpreparedness and poor leadership at many levels, won a remarkable victory in the first of the twentieth century Peoples Wars.
Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on the South African War, 1899-1900Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army
Author: William JohnstonParliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description