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THE present volume deals with the medical services of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium and is a study in the methods of medical organisation on active service. Special chapters are devoted to the administration of the medical services on the western front, medical units in army areas and on lines of communication, medical services of the Indian contingent and of the labour corps. The organisation of nurses and women workers is also considered. The medical aspects of the actual engagements constitute interesting reading and include the retreat from Mons, the advance to the Aisne, the period of trench warfare and the battles of the Aisne, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Festubert, and Loos. A large number of charts, diagrams, maps, and illustrations help to make this volume one of the most interesting in the series.
History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Medical Services: General History. Vol. 2: The Medical Services on the Western Front, and during the Operations in France and Belgium in 1914 and 1915.
Maj.—Gen. Sir
W. G.
Macpherson
By. Pp. x + 510 + 17 maps + 14 charts. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1923.) 21s. net.
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History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents Medical Services: General History Vol 2: The Medical Services on the Western Front, and during the Operations in France and Belgium in 1914 and 1915. Nature 113, 420 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113420c0
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