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Medical Research Committee. An Atlas of Gas Poisoning.
1st Ed., not paginated, approx. 40pp., 16 col. plates. MRC.
1918
#67110
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For Official Use Only. A selection of plates (some fairly gruesome), each with detailed letterpress description/notes facing, depicting the symptoms/effects of gas poisoning "reproduced by the permission of the Director-General of Medical Services, B.E.F." in 1918, "the primary aim of their distribution is that of general instruction for Officers who are not already familiar with the subject by experience in the field." Orig. red cloth, near fine & rare. See illustration on our website.
£95
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"A ROYAL FIELD LEECH" [Pseud. of SYMONS (Col. F.A., CMG, DSO)]
The Tale of a Casualty Clearing Station.
1st Ed., [vii]+306pp. Blackwood.
1917
#67107
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Unusual account by a regular RAMC officer & his unit in the 1914 campaign (Retreat from Mons, the Aisne &c., then on to Festubert 1915 &c). The author was KiA 30/4/17 as ADMS, 9th (Scottish) Div. Orig. cloth, red cloth, gilt, VG, rare & a very nice bright copy. See illustration on our website.
£145
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BARRETT (Lt.-Col. J.W., KBE, CB, CMG, &c.) & DEANE (Lt. P.E., QM, 1st Australian Gen. Hosp., Egypt)
The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt: An Illustrated & Detailed Account of the Early Organisation & Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915.
1st Ed., xiv+259pp., 35 photos., map, plan. Lewis & Co.
1918
#66809
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Much on the execution of medical duties with interesting additional notes on discipline &c., & many good photos. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, bookplate & stamps of Unv. of Melbourne (gift of Sir James Barrett, the principal author) & trace of label at foot of sp., VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£50
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BEAUCHAMP (Pat)
Fanny Went to War.
Foreword by Gen. Sir Hubert Gough. 1st Ed., xii+240pp., portrait frontis., 27 illus. VG in dw. Routledge.
1940
#65927
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Good & well-illustrated account of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-18. Orig. rust cloth, blocked black, lacks ffep o/w VG & rare, especially in the VG & attractive dw. See illustration on our website.
£165
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BUSWELL (Leslie)
Ambulance No. 10: Personal Letters from the Front.
1st Trade Ed., xxiii+155pp., portrait frontis., 22 plates. NY: Houghton Mifflin.
1916
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American Ambulance Field Service in France, including service at Verdun 1915-16. Orig. paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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BUTLER (Col. A.G., DSO, VD) et al.
The Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-1918. Vol. I: The Gallipoli Campaign; The Campaign in Sinai & Palestine; The Occupation of German New Guinea.
1st Ed., xvi+1010pp., 92 illus. (mainly photos.), 13 maps, 37 diagrams, 12 graphs. Melbourne: AWM.
1930
#66094
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Extremely detailed Australian Official history that gives an in-depth view of the organisation & work of medical services at Gallipoli, Egypt &c., together with of statistics of various kinds. Excellent photos., maps & diagrams. Perkins 679. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, somewhat worn but sound ex-BMA lib. See illustration on our website.
£185
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CRAWFORD (Lt.-Col. D.G.)
Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930.
Facsimile reprint of 1930 1st Ed., li+711pp., 4to. No imprint/date. (c.1980).
#64854
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Annotated services of over 6000 doctors & surgeons in the various branches. It was the author's intent to "endeavour to give the name of every man who served, even for the shortest period, in the Company's land medical services" together with his date of birth, medical training & qualifications, dates of commissions, appointments & retirement, special & war services, decorations, publications &c. Black cloth gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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CURRIE (J.R., Capt., RAMC)
The Mustering of Medical Service in Scotland 1914-1919: Being a Record of the Work of the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee in the War.
Preface by Lt.-Gen. Sir Alfred Keogh. 1st Ed., xx+232pp. Edinburgh: Printed for the Committee by Morison & Gibb Ltd.
1922
#66587
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Much detail on the work of this influential committee, largely devoted to recruiting medical officers from those practising, recent graduates & then probationers (as supplies dwindled). Terms & conditions of service & protection of the MOs' interests at home, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp, & edge of front board sunned o/w VG with compiler's inscrip. "With compliments J.R.C." Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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GOSSE (Philip)
Memoirs of a Camp Follower.
2nd & Cheaper xvi+302pp., frontis. VG in dw. Longmans.
1935
#61787
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Highly regarded memoirs of a medical officer on the Western Front with the 23rd Div., & afterwards in India. Orig. blue cloth, titled in black, VG in dw & rare thus. See illustration on our website.
£75
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HORROCKS (Col. W.H., CB) assisted by HARVEY (Lt.-Col. D., CMG) Eds.
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Vol. XXX, Nos. 1-6, January-June 1918.
1st Ed., 628+100pp., several plates, diagrams &c. Printed by John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd. Contemp.
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The professional journal of the RAMC was designed to impart recent medical lessons & development. This edition includes num. articles such as: The Cerebrospinal Fever Epidemic of 1917 at "X" Depot (By Capt. J.A. Glover, RAMC); A Blood Change in Gas Poisoning (Capt. James Miller); Pyrexia of Doubtful Origin in an Infantry Battalion On Active Service (by the late Capt. C.K. McKerrow, MO to a battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers, who was mortally wounded before this piece was published); A Study of 100 Cases of Trench Fever (Major T.J. Crean VC, DSO & Capt. B.H. Barton). Each issue also contains Clinical Notes, reviews of pertinent recent publications, &c. Appended are 100pp. RAMC Corps News, being extracts from the London Gazette (awards & promotions). Contemp. brown cloth, leather lettering label to sp., staining to front board o/w VG with ink stamps of Royal Army Medical College & Army School of Hygiene. See illustrations on our website.
£90
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