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Military Health & Medicine
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius 
 A survey of medicine from early Greece through Byzantine times. Among the topics covered are women (both as healers and patients), military medicine, cults, Hippocrates, and Galen. Illustrated with classic art works. From the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia. http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/antiqua/ Topics: Health, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Military Last updated Feb 24, 2009 Civil War Battlefield Medicine
Information about battlefield medicine in "a time before the doctors even knew about bacteriology and were ignorant of what caused disease." Provides common Civil War medical terms, a look at Civil War dentistry, medical history for Civil War generals, details about surgery and amputations, and related documents. Includes a bibliography and statistics. From eHistory. http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Medical Treatments & Devices, Military, Statistics, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 19, 2009 Life and Death in the War Zone
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that follows the activities of a Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during two months in 2003 during the Iraq War. The site features an essay about the ethical issues faced by combat doctors, a slide show, and an interactive feature about military medicine from the Civil War to the Iraq War. Also includes links and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/combatdocs/ Topics: Health, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Military Last updated Sep 5, 2005 M.A.S.H./Medevac Helicopters
Essay about the use of medevac and mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH) helicopters to transport wounded troops during wars. Helicopters discussed include the Bell 47 (which appeared in the television show M.A.S.H.), the Sikorsky S-51, Bell Model 204 (the "Huey"), and others. From the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/MASH/HE12.htm Topics: Military Last updated Feb 21, 2006 National Museum of Health and Medicine
"Established during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, this museum served as a center for the collection of specimens for research in military medicine and surgery." Today it houses such "anatifacts" as President Garfield's vertebrae (complete with his assassin's bullet), the evolution of the microscope, and early medical instruments. Features ongoing and past online exhibits as well as a browsable guide to the museum's historical, anatomical, and neuroanatomical collections. Searchable. Includes general information about the museum. http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/ Topics: Health, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Medical Treatments & Devices, Military, Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Oct 6, 2003 U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
Background and updates about this partnership of medical educators, medical researchers, and health care providers that provides health care services for U.S. military personnel and retirees and "is prepared to respond anytime, anywhere with comprehensive medical capability to military operations, natural disasters and humanitarian crises around the globe." Find news stories, videos, a blog, and descriptions and links to specific programs and to medical divisions of the U.S. military. From the U.S. Department of Defense. http://www.health.mil/ Topics: Military Last updated Mar 26, 2008 Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Website for this U.S. Army Medical Center that provides health facilities and programs for military personnel, their families, and retirees. Provides background about the center's programs such as research and clinical trials, medical education, and facilities for wounded soldiers from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Includes detailed information for patients and their families. From the U.S. Army. http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/ Topics: Military Last updated Jul 8, 2008 War Without End
This March 2006 series of newspaper articles looks at the challenges facing U.S. soldiers severely wounded in the Iraq War. "More than 16,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded -- almost 400 have lost arms, legs, hands or feet." Features articles about wounded soldiers and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, photos slideshows, and a podcast from the reporter on the series. From SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/warwithoutend/ Topics: Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 28, 2006 |
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