The Evolution of Forward Surgery in the U.S. Army : From the Revolutionary War to the Combat Operations of the 21st Century. - Softcover

9780160947841: The Evolution of Forward Surgery in the U.S. Army : From the Revolutionary War to the Combat Operations of the 21st Century.

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ISBN 10: 0160947847 ISBN 13: 9780160947841

Publisher: Department of the Army, 2019

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This volume in the Borden Institute’s history series will describe forward US Army surgery from the 1700s to the present time. The book will look at advances in medicine and surgery that improved the lot of the American soldier. In particular, the book will examine the impact of disease upon troop strength, which had special impact in the Revolutionary War through the post-Civil War period. Forward surgery in the modern sense came of age in World War I. The challenge of so many different theaters of conflict in World War II will be examined from:

portable surgical hospital of the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations
surgical evacuation hospital teams of the European Theater of Operations
evolving care models as the feature story of the Korean War mobile army surgical hospital
defining performance of helicopter air evacuation in Vietnam, along with improved surgical techniques
and the many advances of forward surgery from the post-Vietnam era to the present

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About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
LANCE P. STEAHLY, MD, is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is an ophthalmologist who has worked in settings including the military, academia, Veterans Administration, and private practice. He now serves as the Supervisory Physician of the Medical Evaluation Board and Director of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is a retired colonel in the US Army. Dr. Steahly has been interested in military history for many years.

DAVID W. CANNON, MA, is a retired major in the Medical Service Corps, US Army. He holds both his BA and MA degrees in psychology from the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, and has completed a fellowship in military medical history at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He served in a variety of assignments while on active duty, including instructor in military medical history at the
Academy of Heath Sciences and chief of the Army Medical Department doctrine literature branch Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He currently works as a Lessons Learned Analyst at the Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, Joint Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

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