The great advance of the Royal Army Medical Corps since the South African War.

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

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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Duplicated report on the War Office exercise "Medical Britannia", simulating a nuclear attack on Great Britain

'Medical administration in the South African War, being a report of speeches delivered by Sir William Church, President, R.C.P., London, Sir William MacCormac, President, R.C.S., England, and Surgeon General J. Jameson, late Director General, Army Medical Services, at a complimentary dinner given to the latter by the Medical Profession of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 24 July 1901'

<i>A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums, in Great Britain and Ireland and in some other kingdoms</i>, by Sir Arthur Halliday (London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1828)

Report of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to enquire into the causes which tend to prevent sufficient eligible candidates from coming forward for the Army Medical Department.

Original and copy records, pamphlets, correspondence etc., including re criticisms of the Army Medical Service, 1804 & 1897; Boer War surgeons' names, 1899; Howell's own disputes during plague epidemic in India, 1899-1901; RAMC Journal, 1902-1918; convalescent depots in France, 1917; and the Medical Officer in Gibraltar at the time of the Great Siege, 1779-1783

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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

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Duplicated report on the War Office exercise "Medical Britannia", simulating a nuclear attack on Great Britain

A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums, in Great Britain and Ireland and in some other kingdoms, by Sir Arthur Halliday (London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1828)

Report of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to enquire into the causes which tend to prevent sufficient eligible candidates from coming forward for the Army Medical Department.

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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

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Duplicated report on the War Office exercise "Medical Britannia", simulating a nuclear attack on Great Britain

A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums, in Great Britain and Ireland and in some other kingdoms, by Sir Arthur Halliday (London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1828)

Report of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to enquire into the causes which tend to prevent sufficient eligible candidates from coming forward for the Army Medical Department.