Medicine
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The Language of Illness
The practice of medicine has advanced dramatically in recent years, but the language used to discuss illness - by medical practitioners, patients and carers - has not kept pace. As a result, clinicians and, just as importantly, patients and their relatives and carers, are not able to communicate clearly in relation to illness. Learn More -
Casualty Evacuation for the Somme
Unprecedented Casualties: the planning, organisation and evacuation of wounded from the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. Learn More -
Victory over Disease
This book presents fresh analyses of unpublished, published and significant primary source material relevant to the medical aspects on the Eastern campaign of 1854-1856 - commonly called the Crimean War. Learn More -
Waterloo - After the Glory
This book, using material from Belgian sources, describes the evolution of the Dutch/Belgian medical services and their hospitals in the newly-formed Kingdom of the Netherlands. Learn More -
Wars, Pestilence and the Surgeon's Blade
This book examines the development and evolution of surgical practice against this overwhelming risk of death due to disease. Learn More -
They Called It Shell Shock
They Called It Shell Shock' provides a new perspective on the psychological reactions to the traumatic experiences of combat during the Great War. Learn More -
Behind the Mask
This book shares the story of an Irish man who built his career from the ground up to become the plastic surgeon to the stars. Learn More -
Working in the Killing Fields
While the specificities of individual wars vary, they share a ubiquitous aftermath: the task of finding and identifying the "disappeared." The Bosnian war of the early 1990s that destroyed the sovereign state of Yugoslavia is no exception. Learn More