Medicine and Warfare - Spain, 19361939

Zusatztext "Nicholas Coni's book will be welcomed not only by students of the period but by those concerned to understand more generally the interactions between the waging of war and the practice of medicine ? there cannot be many who would not gain something valuable from it." - Medicine! Conflict! and Survival Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Coni is a member of the Retired Fellows Society, Royal Society of Medicine. Previously, he was Consultant Geriatrician, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK. Klappentext Covering all aspects of medical treatment during the war, this original work examines the differences in medical advances on the two sides of the Spanish Civil War. Zusammenfassung Covering all aspects of medical treatment during the war, this original work examines the differences in medical advances on the two sides of the Spanish Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Medicine in pre-war Spain Chapter 2 The war and the medical profession Chapter 3 Nursing Chapter 4 Wound care Chapter 5 Blood transfusion comes of age Chapter 6 Famine and disease Chapter 7 Organisation of medical services Chapter 8 The International Brigades Chapter 9 Foreign medical support for Franco Chapter 10 Notes on some individual campaigns Chapter 11 Some biographical notes Chapter 12 Aftermath of war

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Coni, Coni Nicholas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2007
• EAN: 9780415385978
• ISBN: 978-0-415-38597-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain; Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, Spain, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Modern warfare, 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars