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War Surgery - From Firing Line to Base

Basil Hughes (1878 - 1953) and Henry Stanley Banks (1890 - 1969)

One of the first volumes dedicated to systematized medical treatment of soldiers in modern warfare, including a chapter on specific care for airmen, by British doctors who served on the front lines of WWI. Graphic descriptions (and images in the source book) of war wounds are not for the weak of heart. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Genre(s): War & Military, Medical

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface and Introduction	Bellona Times	00:09:09
Play 01	Ch 1 - Introductory	Bellona Times	00:07:57
Play 02	Ch 2 - General Classification of Wounds	Sean Grabosky	00:42:07
Play 03	Ch 3 - General Nature of Wounds	Wanda White	00:24:32
Play 04	Ch 4 - The Bacteria of Wounds, Pt I	J. M. Smallheer	00:48:20
Play 05	Ch 4, The Bacteria of Wounds, Pt II	J. M. Smallheer	00:44:46
Play 06	Ch 4, The Bacteria of Wounds, Pt III	J. M. Smallheer	00:32:40
Play 07	Ch 4, The Bacteria of Wounds, Appendix	J. M. Smallheer	00:26:18
Play 08	Ch 5 - Wound Infection	VfkaBT	00:50:37
Play 09	Ch 6 - Wound Infection (continued), Pt I	Pamela Nagami	01:06:18
Play 10	Ch 6 - Wound Infection (continued), Pt II	Pamela Nagami	00:50:08
Play 11	Ch 6 - Wound Infection (continued), Pt III	Pamela Nagami	00:30:23
Play 12	Ch 7 - General Complications of Wounds I, Pt I	Acacia Wood	00:48:51
Play 13	Ch 7 - General Complications of Wounds 1, Pt II	Acacia Wood	00:39:16
Play 14	Ch 8 - General Complications of Wounds II	Acacia Wood	00:19:31
Play 15	Ch 9 - General Complications of Wounds III	Acacia Wood	00:32:17
Play 16	Ch 10 - Septicemia	Larry Wilson	00:49:17
Play 17	Ch 11 - Effects of Climate, etc	Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	00:38:32
Play 18	Ch 12 - Antiseptics	Sarah Jennings	00:42:21
Play 19	Ch 13 - General Treatment of Gunshot Wounds I	Acacia Wood	00:43:14
Play 20	Ch 14 - General Treatment of Gunshot Wounds II, Pt I	Acacia Wood	00:51:55
Play 21	Ch 14 - General Treatment of Gunshot Wounds II, Pt II	Acacia Wood	00:44:25
Play 22	Ch 15 - General Treatment of Gunshot Wounds III	Acacia Wood	00:50:30
Play 23	Ch 16 - Nursing on Active Service	MaryAnn	00:14:03
Play 24	Ch 17 - Gunshot Injuries of Joints, Pt I	Jill Engle	00:46:28
Play 25	Chapter 17, Part II	Jill Engle	00:51:29
Play 26	Chapter 17, Part III	Jill Engle	00:36:32
Play 27	Ch 18 - Gunshot Injuries of Bone	VfkaBT	01:07:18
Play 28	Ch 19 - Injuries of the Head, Pt I	Ann Boulais	00:36:36
Play 29	Ch 19 - Injuries of the Head, Pt II	Ann Boulais	00:31:04
Play 30	Ch 19 - Injuries of the Head, Pt III	Ann Boulais	00:30:52
Play 31	Ch 20 - Gunshot Injuries of the Thorax, Part I	MaryAnn	00:40:43
Play 32	Ch 20 - Gunshot Injuries of the Thorax, Part II	MaryAnn	00:53:50
Play 33	Ch 21 - Gunshot Injuries of the Abdomen, Pt I	Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	00:45:50
Play 34	Ch 21 - Gunshot Injuries of the Abdomen, Pt II	Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	00:33:10
Play 35	Ch 22 - Burns	Availle	00:11:21
Play 36	Ch 23 - Conditions Particular to Airmen	Availle	00:10:13
Play 37	Ch 24 - Wounds of the Arteries and Peripheral Nerves	VfkaBT	00:25:37
Play 38	Ch 25 - Amputations	Ann Boulais	00:12:58
Play 39	Ch 26 - Gunshot Injuries of the Spine	Ann Boulais	00:25:55

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