Medical Services in the First World War

Susan Cohen is an historian with a wide interest in twentieth-century British social history and refugee studies. She has written and lectured widely on a variety of subjects. She has written The District Nurse, The Women's Institute, The Scouts and The Salvation Army for Shire. Tells the illustrated story of those who risked their lives collecting casualties from the front line, of the various transport and treatment facilities at their disposal and of the eclectic mix of buildings in which the wounded were cared for at home, including many famous country houses. Zusammenfassung Tells the illustrated story of those who risked their lives collecting casualties from the front line, of the various transport and treatment facilities at their disposal and of the eclectic mix of buildings in which the wounded were cared for at home, including many famous country houses.Preparing for War / Mobilisation / Health, Welfare and Wounds / The Chain of Evacuation / Hospitals in France and Flanders / Transport / British Medical Service on the Eastern Front / Hospitals on the Home Front / Counting the Cost / Places to Visit / Further Reading / Glossary / Index

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Susan Cohen, Susan Cohen
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2014
• EAN: 9780747813699
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1369-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 206 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; First World War, HISTORY / Military / World War I, military history, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History