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

• Autore: Haller John S
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011
• Edizione: Pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.3/45
• Soggetto topico: Transport of sick and wounded - History; Transportation, Military - History; Ambulances - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HallerJohn S
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Battlefield medicine
• ISBN: 1-280-69720-2; 9786613674166; 0-8093-8787-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456433803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medical humanities series.