02896nam 2200625 a 450 991078481280332120230617001236.01-383-04118-01-280-84104-40-19-151496-91-4294-6953-6(CKB)1000000000407739(EBL)422598(OCoLC)437108922(SSID)ssj0000200644(PQKBManifestationID)12066326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200644(PQKBWorkID)10221371(PQKB)10388234(Au-PeEL)EBL422598(CaPaEBR)ebr10266612(CaONFJC)MIL84104(OCoLC)132692859(MiAaPQ)EBC422598(EXLCZ)99100000000040773920041015d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedicine and victory[electronic resource] British military medicine in the Second World War /Mark HarrisonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-954121-3 0-19-926859-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-307) and index.Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1. A Medical Service for a Modern Army?; 2. Medicine in Retreat 1940-1942; 3. The Western Desert, 1940-1943; 4. North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; 5. Burma and North-East India; 6. Medicine Victorious: North-West Europe, 1944-1945; 7. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; IndexThis represents the first major history of British medicine during the Second World War. It shows how medicine gave the British a crucial edge in several theatres, by preventing losses from disease and returning the sick and wounded to active service. Drawing on a wide range of official and non-official sources, the book examines medical work in all the main theatres of the war, from the front line to the base hospital. - ;Medicine and Victory is the first comprehensive account of British military medicine in the Second World War since the publication of the official history in the early 1950sWorld War, 1939-1945Medical careGreat BritainMedicine, MilitaryGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWarMedical aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Medical careMedicine, MilitaryHistoryWarMedical aspects.940.54/7541Harrison Mark1964-121728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784812803321Medicine and victory3775450UNINA