This is a new, revised and enlarged edition of Major Caldwell's well-known book on Military Hygiene. It gives a good account of those principles of sanitation which most nearly affect the soldier in his eveiy-day life, whether at home, abroad or in the field. Though primarily written for medical officers of his own Corps it is also hoped that it will be useful to officers of other branches of t...

background there is significant prevalence of physical injuries sustained by civilian recruits at military training garrisons. civilian recruits sustain these injuries mostly during the intensive and rigorous military combat-training period. objectives we sought to determine the prevalence and causes of oral and maxillofacial injuries as the first step in reducing and preventing them in civilia...

In this article a snapshot of casualty presentations to the UK Role 3 hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, will be briefly described. The observations allow reflection on the advances and strength of clinical provision at the time of the incident, written from a medical command perspective.

Introduction At th e end of a journey to the Beer Sheva, whilc studying the medical aspects of Alle nhy's Palestine Campaigns, I visitcd the British Military Cemetery ror those who were kllled in the area during these campaigns. What began as an aimless visit, soon became a search for RAMC servicemen who might he buried there. An hour later, J stood in front or a tombstone of Captain John FoxRu...

objectives to examine the military service predictors resulting in worsening drug abuse status. patients and methods a cross-sectional study with 3140 young soldiers was conducted in summer and autumn of 2010 and; the participants completed three questionnaires, namely the texas christian university drug screen (tcuds) ii, the addiction severity index and a questionnaire designed by the researc...

Captain and Quartermaster, R.A.M.C.(T.) ; Steward, Southmead Hospital. Thomas Jones began his career with the Guardians of the Parish of Lambeth in 1896, and was subsequently Master of Alresford Workhouse, Hants., from 1903 to 1905. Then, coming to Bristol, he was successively Storekeeper and Master's Clerk at Eastville Institution until he was promoted to be Steward at Southmead Infirmary in S...

at Head-Quarters. Gentlemen, I have already notified to you the appointments to which you have been nominated by the Hon'ble the GovernorGeneral and Council in pursuance of a new arrangement made by the Hon'ble Court of Directors for the reform of their Medical Departments and for the conduct of their military hospitals. This arrangement has been prescribed in a separate General letter from the...

Shortly after war broke out in 1914 Dr Flora Murray and Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, two former members of the Women’s Social and Political Union, founded their own women’s hospital organization to care for soldiers wounded in the fighting. Experience in the suffrage movement had taught them what the likely reaction of the authorities would be to any offer of help from women doctors, so they app...