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This involves military medical hierarchies, especially the organization of structured medical command and administrative systems that interact with and support deployed combat units. (See Battlefield medicine .) The administration and practice of health care for military service members and their dependents in non-deployed (peacetime) settings.
Churchill Hospital (1945) Deshon General Hospital, in the former Butler Hospital [3] DeWitt General Hospital, Auburn, California, 31 December 1945. Named for Brigadier General Calvin DeWitt, Medical Corps, United States Army. [6] Dibble General Hospital, Palo Alto, California, 31 July 1946. Named for Colonel John Dibble, Medical Corps, United ...
The Society for Army Historical Research is a learned society, founded in 1921 to foster "interest in the history and traditions of British and Commonwealth armies, and to encourage research in these fields." [1] It is one of the oldest societies of its kind. Past members include notable British Field Marshals Wavell, Auchinleck and Templer.
The United States Army Center of Military History ( CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. [ 1] The Institute of Heraldry remains within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. [ 1] The center is responsible for the appropriate use of history and military records ...
William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician and neurologist.During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) and the founder of the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine).
The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive. Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility during surgery. No antibiotics were available, and minor wounds could easily become infected, and ...
Welch was a founding editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, and played a major role in the response to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. He remained in the Reserve Corps for three years thereafter, attaining the rank of brigadier general (O7).
Online archive. Medicine portal. Military Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of medicine in military settings. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. It was established in 1891 and the editor-in-chief is Stephen W. Rothwell.