Military medicine is one of the most innovative part of human civilization. Along with the rapid development of medicine and advances in military techniques, military medicine has become the focus and intersection of new knowledge and new technologies. Innovation and development within military medicine are always ongoing, with a long and challenging path ahead. The establishment of "Military M...

1 Magdalena Baymakova1, Kamen Plochev1, Ivan Dikov1, Georgi T. Popov1, Raynichka Mihaylova-Garnizova1, Valentina Kovaleva2, Todor Kundurdjiev3 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, 2Center of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, 3Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria Fever of Unknown Origi...

BACKGROUND Despite the persisting threat from future influenza pandemics, much is still unknown about the risk factors for death from such events, and especially for the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. METHODS A case-control study was performed to explore possible risk factors for death from pandemic influenza among New Zealand military personnel in the Northern Hemisphere in 1918-1919 (n = 218...

British Military Hospital Dharan provides the surgeon with an opportunity, unparalleled anywhere in the United Kingdom to observe and manage a range of malignancies. The historical and contemporary reasons for this are outlined. The paper illustrates the military hospital experience and mode of presentation of a wide range of malignant conditions treated during the tour. Differences from United...

A retrospective analysis of 53 consecutive cases of orchidopexy performed at the British Military Hospital Munster between 1984 and 1988 showed that the average of referral for orchidopexy was 4 years 7 months and that the average age at surgery for mal/un-descended testes was 5 years exactly. Sixty-four percent of all orchidopexies were carried out before the age of 5 years; 8 percent were car...

The clinical experience of an army surgeon in a military hospital in East Nepal is discussed. The truly general nature of the work load is highlighted and the need for a broad based general training in surgery for such a task is well illustrated. A high degree of interdisciplinary cooperation was experienced and was indeed essential for good clinical practice. The health problems of a developin...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the demographic, disability and deployment characteristics of U.S. Armed Forces personnel with an asthma-related disability discharge, which includes separation (without benefits) and retirement (with disability benefits). METHODS Incidence rates for personnel evaluated for disability discharge and/or disability retired due to asthma and due to all other causes of di...

We need to start a conversation about Health. A conversation with our patients, our peers in the health care professions, and our communities across this nation. In the view of US Army Surgeon General LTG Patricia D. Horoho, our American health care system today, including military medicine, is focused on disease rather than Health. That's understandable--but it has to change.

T development and advancement of trauma care has shown stepwise improvements for centuries owing to the interrelationship of civilian and military medical systems. With respect to trauma systems, the sophisticated civilian trauma system in the United States was born directly out of the successes and lessons learned from the Vietnam War. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) took the lead in ad...