Alexia Moncrieff (University of Leeds)

Expertise, Authority and Control

The Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War

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Produktbeschreibung

This book charts the development of Australian military medicine in the First World War and examines how the role of the Australian Army Medical Corps was transformed by these experiences. It focuses on the provision of medical care through casualty clearance and evacuation, rehabilitation and the prevention and treatment of venereal disease.

Produktdetails

• Australian Army History Series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781108478151
• ISBN-10: 1108478158
• Artikelnr.: 58015491

Autorenporträt

Dr Alexia Moncrieff is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. More than just a man and his donkey
1. Gallipoli: a case of criminal negligence
2. Medicine in the lines: stationary warfare on the Western Front, 1916¿1917
3. The Western Front in 1918: the AAMC in mobile warfare
4. A pleasant dose of medicine? The purpose, place and practice of auxiliary hospitals
5. The most difficult problem: preventing and treating venereal disease
Conclusion. Developing an Australian medical service.