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LIFESAVERS AND BODY SNATCHERS - MEDICAL CARE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN THE GREAT WAR

Couverture du livre « LIFESAVERS AND BODY SNATCHERS - MEDICAL CARE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN THE GREAT WAR » de Tim Cook aux éditions Penguin Canada
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From Canadas top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield... Voir plus

From Canadas top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for men and women of medicine who fought to save the lives of soldiers. Medical care in almost all armies, and especially in the Canadian medical services, was sophisticated and constantly evolving, with vastly more wounded soldiers saved than lost. Doctors and surgeons prevented disease from decimating armies, confronted ghastly wounds from chemical weapons, remade shattered bodies, and struggled to ease soldiers battle-haunted minds. After the war, the hard lessons learned by doctors and nurses were brought back to Canada. A new Department of Health created guidelines in the aftermath of the 1918-19 flu pandemic, which had killed 55,000 Canadians and millions around the world. In a grim irony, the fight to improve civilian health was furthered by the most destructive war up to that point in human history. ; But medical advances were not the only thing brought back from Europe:

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