Summary During the Great War, McGill University fielded a full general hospital to care for
the wounded and sick among the Allied forces fighting in France and Belgium. The unit was …

The rapid expansion of military medical service in the First World War, successfully
completed under the direction of Surgeon General Guy Carleton Jones, remains an …

The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World
War was a national endeavour. Physicians from across the country enlisted in local …

The war was raging in Europe and I was impatient for the United States to join in the
struggle. Both Hopkins and Yale surgery departments were organizing reserve units …

In 1923, just over 100 years ago, Edward William Archibald was appointed the first chair of
surgery in McGill University's Faculty of Medicine. This milestone provides an opportunity to …

In a little-remembered episode of American surgical history, more than 2 years before the
nation's formal entry into World War I in April 1917, teams of surgeons and their support …

The 5th General Hospital embarked from New York on 19 February 1942. Seven Medical
Officers, 28 Nurse Officers and 14 Enlisted Men were placed on various ships of the convoy …

IT IS MY FIRST and veryagreeable duty to express to you myprofound appreciation of the
honor ofmy selection to preside over yourdeliberations at this, the sixty-ninth annual …

Sir Archibald McIndoe is undoubtedly one of the greatest surgeons of the twentieth century.
He is widely regarded as being one of the founding fathers of plastic surgery. Throughout his …

the mission of the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) is to pro-vide full-spectrum,
high-quality health services to Canada's fighting forces wherever they serve. 1 This …