Clinical Problems Of War
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the annals of wartime medicine, few works stand as both a historical record and a clinical testament quite like Clinical Problems of War — a rigorous, authoritative account of the medical challenges confronted by Australian forces during the Second World War. Written by Allan S. Walker, MD, OStJ, FRACP, a distinguished medical officer and historian, this volume chronicles the formidable array of diseases, injuries, and health crises that beset soldiers across the brutal theatres of the Pacific, Middle East, and beyond. With the precision of a clinician and the scope of a historian, Walker details the diagnostic dilemmas, treatment innovations, and systemic failures that shaped military medicine during one of history's most demanding conflicts. Part of the landmark Australia in the War of 1939–1945 official history series, this work sits alongside some of the most significant medical literature to emerge from the Second World War era. Walker's style is measured and authoritative, drawing on firsthand accounts, official records, and medical data to construct an indispensable reference for scholars of military history and medicine alike. Far from a dry institutional report, it illuminates the human cost of war through the lens of the operating theatre and the field hospital — leaving readers to wonder how profoundly the crucible of conflict reshaped the very practice of modern medicine.
Author: Allan S. Walker
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Genre: WW2
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the annals of wartime medicine, few works stand as both a historical record and a clinical testament quite like Clinical Problems of War — a rigorous, authoritative account of the medical challenges confronted by Australian forces during the Second World War. Written by Allan S. Walker, MD, OStJ, FRACP, a distinguished medical officer and historian, this volume chronicles the formidable array of diseases, injuries, and health crises that beset soldiers across the brutal theatres of the Pacific, Middle East, and beyond. With the precision of a clinician and the scope of a historian, Walker details the diagnostic dilemmas, treatment innovations, and systemic failures that shaped military medicine during one of history's most demanding conflicts. Part of the landmark Australia in the War of 1939–1945 official history series, this work sits alongside some of the most significant medical literature to emerge from the Second World War era. Walker's style is measured and authoritative, drawing on firsthand accounts, official records, and medical data to construct an indispensable reference for scholars of military history and medicine alike. Far from a dry institutional report, it illuminates the human cost of war through the lens of the operating theatre and the field hospital — leaving readers to wonder how profoundly the crucible of conflict reshaped the very practice of modern medicine.