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World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.

Russo-Japanese War: soldiers bringing in the wounded to an open air Japanese field hospital. Wash drawing by G. Soper, 1904, after a photograph by J. Ruddiman Johnston.

Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.

Army physicians vaccinating soldiers below decks on the SS. Bathhurst. Process print by C. Henschel after a drawing by C. Staniland after A. Cox.

Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

Five senior French army staff in military dress, including the chief surgeon, pharmacist and doctor, c. 1804. Coloured lithograph by G. David after A. de Marbot.

A senior German army doctor being driven at speed in a horse-drawn carriage. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

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A manual of venereal diseases / by officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps ; introduction by Alfred Keogh ; [prepared by] C.H. Melville [and others].

xv, 1 unnumbered page, 328 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

<p>This is a clinical film showing experiments on an anaesthetised male subject in order to test the 'righting behaviour' of five different life jackets / buoyancy aids (including a German model) in a swimming pool. The experiments took place during WWII. The models are preceded with intertitles with the relevant model details: RAF Mae West, USAAF Life Waistcoat, BOT Victory Lifebelt, Morner Life Bag, German kapok life waistcoat with chin support. 2 segments.</p>

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RAF Mae West.

Medical Heritage Library.

Proceedings and report of a special medical board appointed by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and Secretary of State at War, to examine the state of the hospital at the military depot in the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. &c.

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A manual of venereal diseases / by officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps ; introduction by Alfred Keogh ; [prepared by] C.H. Melville [and others].

Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

RAF Mae West.

Proceedings and report of a special medical board appointed by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and Secretary of State at War, to examine the state of the hospital at the military depot in the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. &c.

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Medicine, Military

Images

Catalogue

A manual of venereal diseases / by officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps ; introduction by Alfred Keogh ; [prepared by] C.H. Melville [and others].

Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

RAF Mae West.

Proceedings and report of a special medical board appointed by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and Secretary of State at War, to examine the state of the hospital at the military depot in the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. &c.

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