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Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics, Pacifists
Medicine in First World War Europe Soldiers Medics Pacifists Author:Fiona Reid The casualty rates of the First World War were unprecedented: approximately 10 million combatants were wounded from Britain, France and Germany alone. In consequence, military-medical services expanded and the war ensured that medical professionals became firmly embedded within the armed services. In a situation of total war civilians on the hom... more »e front came into more contact than before with medical professionals, and even pacifists played a significant medical role. Medicine in First World War Europe re-visits the casualty clearing stations and the hospitals of the First World War, and tells the stories of those who were most directly involved: doctors, nurses, wounded men and their families. Fiona Reid explains how military medicine interacts with the concerns, the cultures and the mores of the civilian world, treating the history of war-time military medicine as an integral part of the wider social and cultural history of the First World War.« less