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Nurses of Passchendaele: Tending the Wounded of Ypres Campaigns 1914 - 1918
Christine E. Hallett
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Description for Nurses of Passchendaele: Tending the Wounded of Ypres Campaigns 1914 - 1918
Paperback. Nurses of Passchendaele faithfully recounts the experiences of nurses working behind the Ypres Salient in one of the most intense and prolonged casualty evacuation processes in the history of modern warfare. Num Pages: 128 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatised and damaged men. Drawing on letters, diaries and personal accounts from archives all over the world, The Nurses of Passchendaele tells their stories - faithfully recounting their experiences behind the Ypres Salient in one of the most intense and prolonged casualty ... Read more
The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatised and damaged men. Drawing on letters, diaries and personal accounts from archives all over the world, The Nurses of Passchendaele tells their stories - faithfully recounting their experiences behind the Ypres Salient in one of the most intense and prolonged casualty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526702883
SKU
V9781526702883
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About Christine E. Hallett
Christine Hallett is Professor of Nursing History at the University of Manchester. She is Chair of the UK Association for the History of Nursing and President of the European Association for the History of Nursing, and holds Fellowships of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society for the Arts. She is a trained nurse, and has PhDs ... Read more
Reviews for Nurses of Passchendaele: Tending the Wounded of Ypres Campaigns 1914 - 1918
this books main aim is to capture the way the perspectives of the nurses involved and it draws heavily on letters, diaries and personal accounts from across the world. It describes the way the medical systems worked and the challenges faced by the nurses with the conditions and the injuries they had to cope with. With the interest in medical ... Read more