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New Zealand medical services in the First World War
Anna Rogers.
494 pages
illustrations.
Contents: Feeling the heat: Crossing the sea -- Getting it wrong -- Sick and tired -- From desert tos disaster -- Surviving in the sand -- From chaos to care: medics in the wind -- Not far from the fighting -- A good home -- Safe at sea -- Unexpected and unsung: Teeth trouble -- Caring for the animals -- Holy men and healing hands -- Women at war -- Maimed and mended: Visible and invisible -- Making it better? -- Broken survivors.
Summary: For the first time, this book tells the collective story of how our troops were supported and cared for by dedicated teams of doctors, nurses, dentists, ambulance officers, orderlies and sanitation and hygiene workers, and the important role of veterinarians in caring for horses.
First World War centenary history.