Salud! : British volunteers in the Republican Medical Service during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 / Linda Palfreeman.

  • Palfreeman, Linda.
Date:
2012
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Brighton ; Portland [Or.] : Sussex Academic Press, 2012.

Physical description

xxv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contents

Medicine and the Spanish Civil War -- British Response to the Uprising in Spain -- The Call for International Medical Assistance -- Grañen, the First British Hospital in Spain -- To Albacete and the International Brigades -- The Creation and Development of the International Brigade Medical Services -- The Integration of the British Unit into the International Brigades' Medical Service -- The Organisation of Republican Medical Assistance -- Medical Provision for the Battle of Jarama -- Medical Provision for the Battle of Guadalajara -- Restructuring of the International Brigades' Medical Service -- Medical Provision for the Battle of Brunete -- Medical Provisions for the Aragon Offensive : the Battles of Belchite, Quinto and Teruel -- Medical Provision for the Battle of the Ebro -- Further hospitals established by British Medical Personnel -- Further hospitals established by British Medical Personnel -- The Withdrawal of the International Brigades and the British Medical Personnel -- Select biographies -- The Spanish Civil War : Repercussions for World War II Medical Care.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-323) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    LMJO.35.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781845195014
  • 1845195019
  • 9781845195199
  • 1845195191