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Medicine versus invasion : the Home Guard Medical Service in action ; an essay in casualty service tactics for R.A.M.C, Home Guard and Civil Defences ; together with military appreciations and first aid manual for modern warfare / by G.B. Shirlaw, L.R.C.P. (author of Casualty) and Clifford Troke (staff officer, Finsbury Casualty Services) ; foreword by Sir Francis Fremantle, M.D., M.P. ; introduction by Tom Wintringham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirlaw, Gerald Bertram, 1910-1992, author.
- Troke, Clifford, author.
- Series:
- Medical services and warfare.
- Medical services and warfare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Home Guard.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 208 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Secker and Warburg, Ltd., 1941.
- Summary:
- Subtitled 'an essay in casualty service tactics for RAMC, Home Guard and Civil Defences ; together with military appreciations and first aid manual for modern warfare'. Guide to how emergency first aid and ambulance services could be set up by Home Guard units if Britain were to be invaded. Includes an introduction by Tom Wintringham, and an account of an invasion of a fictional region of Britain.
- Notes:
- 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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