Expertise, Authority and Control: The Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War

ISBN-13: 9781108478151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 236 str.

Alexia Moncrieff

Opis

This book charts the development of Australian military medicine in the First World War and examines how the role of the Australian Army Medical Corps was transformed by these experiences. It focuses on the provision of medical care through casualty clearance and evacuation, rehabilitation and the prevention and treatment of venereal disease.

Recenzje

'Critical historiographical evaluations are deftly woven through the chapters, with several theses, genres and themes investigated for how they might support or refute events under discussion … This is an important book which offers a far more nuanced account of Australia's medical campaign in the First World War than that of Simpson and his donkey.' Jan McLeod, Reconnaissance

Spis treści

Introduction. More than just a man and his donkey; 1. Gallipoli: a case of criminal negligence; 2. Medicine in the lines: stationary warfare on the Western Front, 1916–1917; 3. The Western Front in 1918: the AAMC in mobile warfare; 4. A pleasant dose of medicine? The purpose, place and practice of auxiliary hospitals; 5. The most difficult problem: preventing and treating venereal disease; Conclusion. Developing an Australian medical service.