The Canadian government depended on chaotic civilian volunteerism to staff a huge
medical commitment during the First World War. Offers from Canadian universities to raise …

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 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 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 …

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 Preparedness Movement was led by citizens concerned that the United States was
unprepared for its likely involvement in the First World War. Civilians and senior army …

Among the medical personnel serving the United States during the Civil War was an
obscure group of young men called medical cadets. Composed of medical students, the US …

The occasional bombs and helmets uncovered by their..... ploughs are among the few re-
minders left from the war, because most of the men who fought in it are now dead. We are …

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 …

Fig. 1.—Dr. John Stewart faith amply justified by its use. He was a son of a wealthy family; he
could afford to wait a while. In the meantime, his house surgeons knew that they were …