Summary
Medical Services and Warfare tells the story of medical advances during warfare and intervening peacetime. Themes include: ambulance systems, disability, hospital care, medical developments and equipment, mental health, nursing, personal narratives, rehabilitation, sanitation, women at war, public health, and medical reform in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The documents are supplemented by illustrations, biographical entries, and essays. The first module focuses on the Crimean War, the American Civil War and the First World War and includes a database of soldiers who survived the Civil War, the British Library's Nightingale Papers, and handwritten text recognition.