Frontline Surgeon : New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly / Mark Derby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derby, Mark, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jolly, Douglas W.

Surgeons--Great Britain--Biography.

Surgeons.

Surgeons--New Zealand--Biography.

Surgery, Military--History--20th century.

Surgery, Military.

World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

World War, 1939-1945.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Medical care.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

Mark Derby focuses on Douglas Jolly's wartime surgical work in Spain, tracing his career after the Spanish Civil War through his distinguished service in World War II and into his civilian life as medical director of Britain's largest hospital for amputees.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Illustrations

Author's Note

1. The Center of Gravity of the World

2. The Storekeeper's Son

3. Attributes Every Battle Surgeon Should Possess

4. Christian Left

5. Bread, Peace, and Liberty

6. Nine Months of Winter

7. A River of Blood

8. Urgent Need of Salvation

9. He Does Honor to His Name

10. The Safest Place in Spain

11. Changing the Front and the Weapons

12. The System, Not the Surgeon

13. The Tobruk Plaster

14. Merry Hell

15. Phantom Pain

16. Light in the Darkness

17. Saving from Submersion

Acknowledgments

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-3926-1

1-4962-3925-3