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Lifesavers And Body Snatchers

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Author : Tim Cook
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-09-13

Lifesavers And Body Snatchers written by Tim Cook and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with History categories.

*FINALIST FOR THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOK* From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for men and women of medicine who fought to save the lives of soldiers. Medical care in almost all armies during the Great War, and especially in the Canadian medical services, was sophisticated and constantly evolving. Vastly more wounded soldiers were saved than lost. Doctors and surgeons prevented disease from decimating armies, confronted ghastly wounds from chemical weap-ons, remade shattered bodies, and struggled to ease soldiers’ battle-haunted minds. After the war, the hard lessons learned by doctors and nurses were brought back to Canada. A new Department of Health created guidelines in the aftermath of the 1918–1919 influ-enza pandemic, which had killed 55,000 Canadians and millions around the world. In a grim irony, the fight to improve civilian health was furthered by the most destructive war up to that point in human history. But medical advances were not the only thing brought back from Europe: Lifesavers and Body Snatchers exposes the disturbing story of the harvesting of human body parts in medical units behind the lines. Tim Cook has spent over a decade investigating the history of Canadian medical doctors removing the body parts of slain soldiers and transporting their brains, lungs, bones, and other organs to the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in London, England. Almost 800 individual body parts were removed from the dead and sent to London, where they were stored, treated, and presented in exhibition galleries. After being exhibited there, the body parts were displayed in Canada. This uncovered history has never been told before and is part of the hidden legacy of the medical war. Based on deep archival research and unpublished letters of soldiers and medical personnel, Lifesavers and Body Snatchers is a powerful narrative, told in Cook’s literary style, which reveals how the medical services supported the soldiers at the front and forged a profound legacy in shaping Canadian public health in the decades that followed.

Bodysnatchers To Lifesavers

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Author : Tara Womersley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Bodysnatchers To Lifesavers written by Tara Womersley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Medicine categories.

In a history spanning more than three centuries, Edinburgh has played a key role in the development of modern medicine. From dissecting bodies 'donated' by grave robbers and murderers to developing modern lifesaving treatments, the city's medical community has never been afraid to challenge entrenched medical ideas. Pioneering discoveries range from the identification of leukaemia to modern day breakthroughs, including hepatitis B vaccine and the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. The tale of Edinburgh's medical past is told through the stories of colourful characters including the bodysnatchers Burke and Hare, the evolutionist Charles Darwin, surgeons Joseph Lister and James Syme as well as Sophia Jex-Blake, who headed the campaign for women's right to study medicine, and 'James Barry', Britain's first female doctor.

Body Snatchers

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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Body Snatchers written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.

Atrocity On The Atlantic

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Author : Nate Hendley
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2024-02-13

Atrocity On The Atlantic written by Nate Hendley and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-13 with History categories.

How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage. On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle — an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military — was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued. The sinking of the Llandovery Castle was adjudicated at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials, an attempt to establish justice after hostilities ceased. The Llandovery Castle case resulted in a historic legal precedent that guided subsequent war crime prosecutions, including the Nuremberg Trials. Atrocity on the Atlantic explores the Llandovery Castle sinking, the people impacted by the attack, and the reasons why this wartime atrocity was largely forgotten.

The Body Snatcher And Other Stories

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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

The Body Snatcher And Other Stories written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.

A collction of short stories by a natural story teller whose narrative romance often masked latent apprehension, sin and suffering.

The Body Snatchers

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Author : Frederick Drimmer
language : en
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1992-02

The Body Snatchers written by Frederick Drimmer and has been published by Carol Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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