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Before my helpless sight : suffering, dying and military medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918 / Leo van Bergen ; translated by Liz Waters.
- Title
- Before my helpless sight : suffering, dying and military medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918 / Leo van Bergen ; translated by Liz Waters.
- Author
- Bergen, Leo van
- Publication
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2009.
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| Text | Request in advance | D609.A2 B47 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 528 p., [20] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Examining experiences of the Western front, this book looks at the life of a soldier, from the moment he marched to battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyses the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought.
- Series Statement
- History of medicine in context
- Uniform Title
- Zacht en eervol. English
- History of medicine in context.
- Alternative Title
- Zacht en eervol.
- Subject
- 1914-1918
- Military Personnel
- Military Hygiene
- Military Medicine
- Warfare > ethics
- Wounds and Injuries
- Military Personnel > history
- World War I
- Military Hygiene > history
- Military Medicine > history
- World War, 1914-1918 > Casualties
- World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
- World War, 1914-1918 > Moral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care
- War casualties > Psychological aspects
- Warfare > ethics > Europe
- World War I > Europe
- Wounds and Injuries > Europe
- Europe
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-514) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction. The photo book Krieg dem Kriege! -- Heroism alone -- War and the individual -- Who was the enemy? -- The soldier as 'hero' -- Victims and perpetrators -- The dead of the Eastern Front and the civilian victims -- Animal suffering -- Atrocity propaganda -- The war at sea and in the air -- The misery was universal -- 1. Battle. Introduction -- 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- 1914-18 : the casualties -- 2. Body. Conditions in the trenches -- Disease -- Wounds -- 3. Mind. Introduction -- From health to neurosis -- Neurosis -- 4. Aid. Introduction -- From wounding to aid post -- From first aid to hospital -- The field hospital -- The base hospital -- Too many wounded, too little help -- Complications -- Is survival a blessing? -- Medical experiments -- Medical aid and military necessity -- Military psychiatry -- In summary : the character of military medicine -- 5. Death. Introduction -- Death outside of battle -- Death in battle -- Meetings with death -- Burial in wartime.
- ISBN
- 9780754658535 (alk. paper)
- 0754658538 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008037954
- OCLC
- 244628383
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library