Battlefield Medicine A History of the Military Ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars Through World War I |
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| Author:
| Haller, John S.
Haller, John S. |
| Series title: | Medical Humanites Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3040-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.50 |
Book Description:
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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. More than a history of medical evacuation systems and vehicles, this exhaustively researched and richly illustrated volume tells a fascinating story, giving readers a unique perspective of the changing nature of warfare in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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. More than a history of medical evacuation systems and vehicles, this exhaustively researched and richly illustrated volume tells a fascinating story, giving readers a unique perspective of the changing nature of warfare in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.