A History of Military Medicine
Series: Contributions in Military Studies
By Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz
0-313-27746-X/978-0-313-27746-7
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This two-volume work is the first published comprehensive history of military medicine in the Western world. The first volume deals with the period beginning with Sumer (4000 B.C.) and concludes with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The second volume begins with the Renaissance and ends with the Vietnam War. Throughout both volumes, the analysis is presented in a chronological sequence, with particular civilizations or nations studied according to their period of military importance. In the second volume, additional emphasis is placed on the cross-national transfer of information relevant to military medicine. Each volume concludes with a bibliography and general subject index.
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Throughout history the state of medical knowledge has had an effect on the course of warfare, and it has in turn been influenced by medical advances brought about by resources marshaled to mount military campaigns. Gabriel and Metz provide a two-volume chronological treatment of the history of military medicine from its origins to the present. Volume 1 covers the period beginning with Sumer (4000 B.C.) and ends with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. Volume 2 begins with the Renaissance and ends with the Vietnam War. The first two chapters of each volume give an overall analysis of military medical problems of the rest of the volume and are quite interesting. Remaining chapters begin with an overview of the state of general medicine followed by that of military medicine of the period covered. . . . It is . . . informative, clearly written, and, interesting reading.
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Endorsement From John Keegan from the Foreword
It is this history [of military medicine], so central to that of warfare, that Richard Gabriel and Karen Metz survey in this invaluable book. . . . No one has hitherto attempted . . . a comprehensive treatment of the subject from the earliest times to the present day and from all civilizations. To have written such a study is Gabriel's and Metz's achievement. It will become an automatic source of reference for all military historians, for medical historians interested in the parallel development of military and civil medicine, and for anyone else concerned with this aspect of warfare through the ages.
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