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Battlefield Medicine: A History of the Military Ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars through World War I
John S. Haller Jr.
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Description for Battlefield Medicine: A History of the Military Ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars through World War I
Paperback. Prev. ed.: Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, c1992, under title Farmcarts to Fords: a history of the military ambulance, 1790-1925. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 504.
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. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to both a mobile medical support system and a mode of transport, Haller takes readers back to the origins of the modern ambulance, covering their evolution in depth from the late eighteenth century through World War I. The rising nationalism, economic and imperial competition, and military alliances and arms races of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries figure prominently in this history ... Read more
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. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to both a mobile medical support system and a mode of transport, Haller takes readers back to the origins of the modern ambulance, covering their evolution in depth from the late eighteenth century through World War I. The rising nationalism, economic and imperial competition, and military alliances and arms races of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries figure prominently in this history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809330409
SKU
V9780809330409
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About John S. Haller Jr.
John S. Haller, Jr., is a professor of history and medical humanities at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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