Handbook of the medical organisations (chiefly for war) of foreign armies / by Lieut.-Colonel Frank Howard.

  • Howard, Frank, Lieutenant Colonel.
Date:
1902
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Credit: Handbook of the medical organisations (chiefly for war) of foreign armies / by Lieut.-Colonel Frank Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    r R E F A C E In view of the fact that no Handbook of the Medical Organisations (chiefly for war) of foreign armies exists, and that knowledge on this subject will, in future, be required from our Army Surgeons in examinations for promotion, it occurred to me some time ago that the compilation of such a book would be useful to the officers of the Army Medical Service. To this end permission to carry out my i)roposal was sought officially through the Director-General, Army Medical Service, and was duly obtained from the Secretary of State for War. It has been my aim, while collecting information from various sources, to keep the Handbook within reasonable din)ensions. I have, therefore, not dealt with descriptions of ambulances, or other carriage, for sick and wounded, regarding which information is obtainable in The Manual of Ambulance Transport, by the late Surgeon - General Sir T. Longmore — edited by Surgeon-Captain (now Major) W. A. Morris. I have not considered it necessary to expand the Handbook, by describing at length the duties fall- ing to the various ranks of the Medical Service in (he field ; for, after all, the duties of the Principal Medical Officer of an Army Corps, or of a Division, do not materially differ, to whatever Army such Principal Medical Officers may belong, e.g., in comparing these duties in the Russian and German Armies they appear almost identical. Indeed, the existing arrangnnentK for medical aid in the field, and for the removal uf