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Medicine and the war / edited by William H. Taliaferro.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Charles R. Walgreen Foundation lectures
- Medical services and warfare.
- Medical services and warfare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 193 pages) : illustrations, diagrams.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : The University of Chicago Press, [1944]
- Summary:
- Collection of lectures reflecting upon wartime medical developments, the impact of the war upon public health, and contemporary medical research.
- Contents:
- Historical background and introduction, by A.B. Luckhardt
- Food and the war, by P.R. Cannon
- Chemotherapy, by E.M.K. Geiling
- Malaria, by W.H. Taliaferro
- Insects, disease, and modern transportation, by C.G. Huff
- Shock and blood substitutes, by Alexander Brunschwig
- Aviation medicine, by R.T. Ricketts
- Neurological and psychological effects of cerebral injuries, by A.E. Walker and W.C. Halstead
- Psychiatry and the war, by David Slight
- Chemical warfare, by F.C. McLean.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2020. Digitized from a copy held by The New York Academy of Medicine Library and made available by Adam Matthew Digital.
- Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed September 29th, 2021).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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