Allied Medicine in the Great War : The Medical Front and the People Who Fought

Author: Lawrence, Jennifer S. (Arlington, TX)

First World War, 1914-1918

Published on 20 September 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Academic) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 175 pages, 5 bw illus
206 x 149 x 12 | 266g

This book provides an overview of the history of allied medicine in the Great War. Based on both primary research and secondary literature, it offers a clear and concise account of medical treatment during the Great War, exploring the advancements of the period and the human experience of the medical war.As well as covering European medical work, the book draws on a range of American primary sources and texts in order to address the American medical experience of the First World War, an area that has been neglected by the existing literature.

This is an accessible exploration of the medical war, the people involved, and its impact. It is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of history taking courses on medicine in war, the history of medicine or the Great War.