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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456433803321

Autore

Haller John S

Titolo

Battlefield medicine [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the military ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars through World War I : with a new preface / / John S. Haller, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-280-69720-2

9786613674166

0-8093-8787-5

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Medical humanities series

Altri autori (Persone)

HallerJohn S

Disciplina

355.3/45

Soggetti

Transport of sick and wounded - History

Transportation, Military - History

Ambulances - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Prev. ed.: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1992, under title Farmcarts to Fords : a history of the military ambulance, 1790-1925.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Early history -- pt. 2. Consolidation -- pt. 3. The Great War.

Sommario/riassunto

In this first history of the military ambulance, historian John S. Haller Jr. documents the development of medical technologies for treating and transporting wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to both a mobile medical support system and a mode of transport, Haller takes readers back to the origins of the modern ambulance, covering their evolution in depth from the late eighteenth century through World War I. The rising nationalism, economic and imperial competition, and military alliances and arms races of the