We report the serendipitous discovery of a map drawn by an army surgeon during the First
World War. The map, entitled “Loos 36 NW3,'” was drawn by 24-year-old Captain Alexander …

In the Second World War, there was a flowering of the battlefield surgery pioneered in the
Spanish Civil War. There were small, mobile surgical units in all the theatres of the War …

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 …

I n the mid-19th century, the Vienna School of Anatomy was at the epicenter of the rapidly
growing field of anatomy. One of the school's most distinguished professors, Hungarian-born …

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 …

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 …

In a letter dated February 5, 1676 (dated 1675 using the Julian calendar), Sir Isaac Newton
opined to Robert Hooke,''If I have seen further [than you and Descartes], it is by standing on …

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 …

BORN IN OSWEGO TOWN, NY, in 1832, Mary Walker is one of America's more eccentric
and intriguing medical personalities. Long determined to become a physician, in an era …

M y surgery professor once advised me that a sum-mer elective abroad pro-vides an
opportunity to experi-ence medicine that no student should miss. At the time I was finishing …