CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE CHAPTER 2 GETTING HELP FAST CHAPTER 3 ADVANCES IN SURGERY CHAPTERWARDING OFF INFECTION CHAPTER 5 THE WAR AGAINST DISEASE 52 CHAPTER 6 TRENCH WARFARE CHAPTER 7 THE CHEMISTS WAR 72 CHAPTER 8 SHELL SHOCK 80 CHAPTER 9 CONTINUING CARE TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTs 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Medical personnel such as this Red Cross nurse in Antwerp Belgium learned as they went forced to treat more soldiers than most hospitals could
GAAPLES IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE The medical staff had arrived in Veurne Belgium only the day before They started cleaning the filthy building an old college It would be their hospital for the winter of 1914 But it was dark and poorly equipped with only a few beds Even worse many of their hospital supplies had disappeared perhaps stolen during their travels When an ambulance arrived Henry Souttar the physician in charge hurried to greet the medical workers The ambulance held two badly wounded officers and the driver asked whether the hospital was ready to receive patients Souttar had replied they were not How could they treat injuries when they had no
