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The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

By: Robert Atenstaedt

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The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

By: Robert Atenstaedt

This book focuses on the trench diseases—trench fever, trench nephritis and trench foot—and examines how doctors responded to them in the context of the Great War. It details the problems that they faced in tackling these conditions, “new” to military warfare. After an introduction to the subject, the second chapter sketches the socio-economic and scientific context within which the response was mounted. The development of bacteriology, sanitation and medical research in the British Army is examined, as is the structure and role of the wartime RAMC, the main body involved in the response to the trench diseases. Divisions between medical practitioners concerning the aetiology of epidemic disease are also described. The third and fourth chapters present a detailed inquiry into how the diseases were defined, and how these definitions were used to counteract them. The effectiveness of the medical response is evaluated in the conclusion, which also examines the impact that the response to the trench diseases had on military-medical progress and medical specialisation. An analysis of the medical response to the trench diseases reveals a conflict between clinicians holding views on disease causation along a spectrum—contagionists, contingent-contagionists and con-figurationists. Faced with their inability to treat the trench diseases effectively, the book argues that the extremely diverse initial interpretation of the trench diseases was replaced by a majority view that all three were a product of the trenches. This enabled an effective response to be mounted, using public health methods, reinforced by discipline, close surveillance, administrative organisation, and cooperation between military and medical branches, as well as within the Army Medical Service.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443830631

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9781443830638

Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

By: Robert Atenstaedt

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Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

By: Robert Atenstaedt

Used as a vehicle to explore the brutality of the Nazi regime, this is a fast-paced thriller set in the period immediately after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Dr Kurt Volkisch, a senior ex-SS doctor who has somehow escaped being brought to justice, is reactivated to perform a duty entrusted to him in the dying days of the Third Reich. His mission - to recover Nazi treasures lost at the end of the Second World War. His ultimate goal - to unite Europe under Germany to challenge the power of the USA. Pursued by his enemies, the doctor's journey takes him from his adopted home, Wales, to destinations across the world. Will he succeed?

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Y Lolfa

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1847715907

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The Amazing Language of Medicine

Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories

By: Robert B. Taylor

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The Amazing Language of Medicine

Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories

By: Robert B. Taylor

This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine’s giants such as Hippocrates and Osler, and in some truly unlikely sources. In this book you will learn the answers to questions such as: • What disease was named for an American space flight? • Do you know the echoic word for elephantine rumbling of the bowels? • What drug name was determined by drawing chemists’ notes out of a hat? • What are surfer’s eye, clam digger’s itch, and hide porter’s disease? This book can give you new insights into the terms we use every day in the clinic, hospital, and laboratory. Knowing a word’s history assists in understanding not only what it means, but also some of the connotative subtleties of terms used in diagnosis and treatment. The Amazing Language of Medicine is intended for the enrichment of physicians, other health professionals, students, and anyone involved in clinical care and medical science.

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Springer

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3319503286

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9783319503288

The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

By: Robert Atenstaedt

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Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

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The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

The Amazing Language of Medicine

The Amazing Language of Medicine

The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

The Medical Response to the Trench Diseases in World War One

Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

Dr Volkisch and the Stempelhorst Legacy

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