A Complete Handbook for the Sanitary Troops of the U.S. Army and Navy and National Guard and Naval Militia
New York: William Wood and Company, 1917. Fourth Revised Edition. 500, illus. (some in color), index, boards worn and weak, binding somewhat shaken, some foxing to text. This edition expands the sections on nursing and on pharmacy, and reflects revisions in Army Regulations and of the Manual Medical Department. Contains information on, among other topics, sanitary troops in post and field; anatomy and physiology; first aid (emergencies, contusions and wounds, hemorrhages, dislocations and sprains, fractures, foreign bodies, effects of heat and cold, insensibility and fits, asphyxia, and poisoning); nursing (ward management, beds and bed-making, baths and bathing, enemata, bandaging, infection and disinfection, the operating-room and surgical nursing, and infectious diseases); mess management and cooking; materia medica and therapeutics and pharmacy; hygiene and sanitation (water, air and ventilation, waste disposal, disease prevention, personal hygiene); riding, packing, and driving; army regulations; clerical work; minor surgery (anesthesia, adhesive plaster, straps and strapping). Condition: fair.
Keywords: WW1, Military Medicine, Nursing, Surgery, Sanitation, Cooking, Hygiene, First Aid
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Price: $85.00