Volume 4

Handbook of the medical services of foreign armies / [compiled for the General Staff by W.G. Macpherson].

  • Macpherson, W. G. (William Grant), Sir, 1858-1927.
Date:
1908-1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handbook of the medical services of foreign armies / [compiled for the General Staff by W.G. Macpherson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / LLCOrviE iMSTlTUTg^ LlBnA;<Y k io. /I W0 mec ^/y 'JC. 4'4 6 ;■ r? JL^ In 1902 a, “•Ffa.ndVir.nk K2ffel r ■ ^lODUCTION. )f the Medical Organisations (Chiefly for W^ar) of Foreign Armi !S,” by Lieut.-Colonel Frank Howard, An ly Medical Staff (B>6 bired Pay), was published officially. It ( ontained a short acc mnt of the field medical units and sonlie other details__of_t] e army medical service of twenty been used as one of the text books for the examination of officers of the Koyal Army Medical Corps qualifying for promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel. In consequence of the Geneva Convention of 6th July, 1906, a knowledge of these services has become of greater importance than previously to officers of the army, more especially to officers of the Koyal Army Medical Corps, and to all who may be associated with that corps in time of w^ar. It has been found advisable therefore to alter the character of the handbook considerably in order to present a wider and more general view of the military medical services of other countries. The plan has been adopted of preparing accounts of the more important of these services and publishing them in separate parts as each is completed. This will not only facilitate revision as changes occur in the future, but will place the parts in the hands of officers with less delay than if the plan were followed of issuing a complete revision of Colonel Howard’s handbook in one volume. The several parts are being compiled by Lieut.-Colonel W. G. Macpherson, C.M.G., R.A.M.C. General Staff, September, 1907. (1165) Wt 11610—657 2m. 7/10 M & Co. P 09 465