This book provides an overview of the history of allied medicine in the
Great War. Based on both primary research and secondary literature, it
offers a clear and concise account of medical treatment during the Great
War, exploring the advancements of the period and the human experience
of the medical war.As well as covering European medical work, the book
draws on a range of American primary sources and texts in order to
address the American medical experience of the First World War, an area
that has been neglected by the existing literature.
This is an accessible exploration of the medical war, the people
involved, and its impact. It is an essential text for undergraduate and
postgraduate students of history taking courses on medicine in war, the
history of medicine or the Great War.