On Army Transport

On Army Hospital Corps

man's own comrades?untrained men in all instances; and the practices were open to the gravest objections. The measure to ensure this humane and early relief now more or less introduced into all civilized armies is the formation of an Army Hospital Corps. The modern principle for the medical service of an army in the field is to separate the sick and wounded from the moving force, and to isolate...

Army Medical Service and the Army Estimates

The Italian army standpoint on malaria chemoprophylaxis.

Soldiers on duty in tropical areas are at high risk of malaria and need chemoprophylactic regimens which may ensure the best efficacy, tolerability and compliance. Current Italian Army guidelines are based on recent military experiences in tropical areas, where mefloquine prophylaxis was as well tolerated as combination treatment with chloroquine and proguanil but more effective and easier to c...

Memoranda on Army General Hospital Administration

Effects of basic training in the British Army on regular and reserve army personnel.

The aim of this study was to compare changes in aerobic fitness and body composition in response to British Army (regular) and Territorial Army (reserve) basic training. Eleven regular recruits, 14 reserve recruits, and 20 controls completed the study (all males). Initially, reserve recruits were significantly older and heavier and had greater fat-free mass (FFM; 64.6 vs. 59.3 kg) and lower max...