Universities across Canada actively supported the call to arms in 1914, and Queen's
University in Kingston, Ontario, was no different. Though a myriad of units composed of …

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 …

At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy offered 90 medical
officers on loan to the Royal Navy. The author was among that group, which included …

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 North Pacific Surgical Association first met in Victoria in December, 1917, in the midst of
World War I, or as it was known then, the Great War. On all sides, the toll in human life was …

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 …

Objective: To explore the events and people that shaped Harvey Cushing, one of the
nation's leading surgeons, into a political actor as he rallied support for the issue of military …

FOLLOWING DEFINITIVE field surgery, the large volume of Civil War casualties dictated rela-
tively swift transfer to a base or general hospital. These institutions were situated in major …

Matthew Kaufman's latest work on military surgery, published as part of The Wellcome
Institute's Clio Medica Series, promises “to provide an abbreviated history of the Edinburgh …

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 …