War Surgery and Medicine

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
• • PART I — SURGICAL
    • CHAPTER 1 — Wound Treatment
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Spanish Civil War
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • SULPHONAMIDES
      • PENICILLIN
      • OTHER ASPECTS OF WOUND TREATMENT
      • INFECTION
      • WOUND REPAIR
      • EXPERIENCE OF NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS DURING THE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS
      • REVIEW OF POSITION AT END OF WAR
      • References
    • CHAPTER 2 — Forward Surgery
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD SURGICAL UNIT
      • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIDS IN 2 NZEF
      • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CCS
      • SPECIALIST SURGERY
      • OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS
      • THE EQUIPMENT OF A FIELD OPERATING UNIT
      • FORWARD SURGERY: CLINICAL FEATURES — Treatment of Wounded in the Field
      • THE WORKING OF A FORWARD SURGICAL UNIT SITED AT AN MDS OR CCS
      • FORWARD SURGERY IN 2 NZEF: BY CAMPAIGNS
      • STATISTICS
      • 2 NZ Division
      • 2 NZEF MEF and CMF
      • 2 NZEF(IP) — Analysis of Wounds 3 NZ Division in Solomon Islands
    • CHAPTER 3 — Shock
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • PROBLEMS OF SHOCK FROM THE CLINICAL ASPECT
      • References
    • CHAPTER 4 — Anaesthetics
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Between the Wars
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
    • CHAPTER 5 — Gas Gangrene
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Second World War
    • CHAPTER 6 — Tetanus
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • Reference
    • CHAPTER 7 — Head Injuries
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • LATE RESULTS: PENSIONS SURVEY
      • EPILEPSY
      • Head Injuries
      • References
    • CHAPTER 8 — Spinal Injuries
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Second World War
      • Summary
      • Spinal Injuries
      • References
    • CHAPTER 9 — Nerve Injuries
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • Operative Treatment
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • APPENDIX — INJURIES TO PERIPHERAL NERVES IN SERVICEMEN OF SECOND WORLD WAR
      • References
    • CHAPTER 10 — Chest Injuries
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • EVALUATION
      • PENSIONS REVIEW OF PENETRATING CHEST WOUNDS
      • References
    • CHAPTER 11 — Abdominal Injuries
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SECOND WORLD WAR
      • PRE-OPERATION FACTORS
      • OPERATION
      • POST-OPERATIVE TREATMENT
      • POST-OPERATIVE PROGRESS IN THE FORWARD AREAS
      • EVACUATION FROM THE FORWARD OPERATING CENTRES
      • PROBLEMS AT THE BASE HOSPITALS
      • STATISTICAL SURVEYS
      • SPECIAL FACTORS
      • RESULTS OF TREATMENT
      • ABDOMINAL WOUNDS 3 NZ DIVISION, SOLOMON ISLANDS
      • PENSIONS SURVEY
      • SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL INJURIES — Statistics (New Zealand figures in Italy)
      • References
    • CHAPTER 12 — Fractures
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • Spanish War
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • Wound Treatment
      • Treatment of Infection
      • Bone Fragments
      • Non-union
      • Late Operations
      • TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUAL FRACTURES
      • Appendix
      • References
    • CHAPTER 13 — Amputations
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Second World War
      • Appendix — PRESENTATION OF ROEHAMPTON IDEAS AT THE END OF THE WAR
      • References
    • CHAPTER 14 — Vascular Injuries
      • [section]
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • Appendix — CASE ILLUSTRATING THE RESULTS OF FASCIOTOMY
      • References
    • CHAPTER 15 — Burns
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • PRIMARY LOCAL TREATMENT
      • References
    • CHAPTER 16 — Plastic Surgery
      • [section]
      • New Zealand Specialists in United Kingdom
      • Arrangements in Middle East
      • PLASTIC AND MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
      • THE TREATMENT OF MAXILLO-FACIAL INJURIES —FROM THE DENTAL ASPECT
      • LONG-RANGE PLASTIC SURGERY
      • References
    • CHAPTER 17 — Accidental Injuries
      • [section]
      • [1]
    • CHAPTER 18 — Knee-joint Injuries
      • [section]
      • First World War
      • Second World War
      • References
    • CHAPTER 19 — Wounds of the Knee and Hip Joints
      • WOUNDS OF THE KNEE JOINT
      • WOUNDS OF THE HIP JOINT
    • CHAPTER 20 — Foot Disabilities
      • [section]
      • Second World War
      • In Camp
      • The Foot Problem in 2 NZEF
      • Different Types of Feet
      • Operative Treatment Carried Out in 2 NZEF
      • Remedial Treatment in 2 NZEF
      • The General Problem of the Function of the Foot
      • Graduated Training and Physical Fitness
      • Psychological Efficiency
      • The Military Boot and Other Footwear
      • Skin Diseases of the Feet
      • General Summary
    • CHAPTER 21 — Hernia
      • [section]
      • Second World War
      • Wearing of Trusses
      • Overseas Experience of 2 NZEF
      • Operative Procedure
      • Operative Treatment in 2 NZEF
      • Physical Exercises
      • Recurrence
      • Number of Operations
      • Experiences in British Army in United Kingdom
      • War Pensions Survey
      • Recommendations for the Future
    • CHAPTER 22 — Varicose Veins
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • Middle East Force
      • Clinics
      • Experience of the War Pensions Department
      • Recommendations as to the Future
      • Varicocele
    • CHAPTER 23 — Haemorrhoids
    • CHAPTER 24 — Diseases of the Testes
    • CHAPTER 25 — Ophthalmology
      • [section]
      • Medical Boarding Overseas
      • Standards of Vision
      • Medical Boards
      • Hysteria
      • Infections
      • Headache and Heterophoria
      • Battle Casualties
      • Sympathetic Ophthalmia
      • Equipment
      • Administration
      • Summary of Cases
      • Pacific Experience
      • Trachoma Scare in Fiji
      • Recommendations for the Future
      • Appendix I — VISUAL GRADING IN NEW ZEALAND
      • Appendix II — EYE DISORDERS
      • References
    • CHAPTER 26 — Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions
      • [section]
      • Medical Boarding in New Zealand, 1939–45
      • Specialist Staff in 2 NZEF
      • Clinical Experience in Egypt
      • Battle Casualties
      • Medical Boarding
      • Pacific Experience
      • RNZAF Experience in Pacific
      • Otosclerosis
      • Recommendations for the Future
      • References
    • CHAPTER 27 — Clinical Work among Prisoners of War
      • [section]
      • Kokkinia Hospital
      • Salonika Transit Camp Hospital
      • Italy
      • Prisoner-of-War Hospitals in Germany
      • Lazarett Lamsdorf
      • GENERAL HEALTH OF PRISONERS OF WAR
  • Part II — MEDICAL
    • I: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    • CHAPTER 1 — Dysentery
      • FIRST WORLD WAR
      • SECOND WORLD WAR
      • 2 NZEF, MEF and CMF — Dysentery
    • CHAPTER 2 — Typhoid Fever
      • [section]
      • Efficacy of TAB Vaccine
    • CHAPTER 3 — Infective Hepatitis
      • [section]
      • Annual Incidence
      • Sub-clinical Attacks
      • Some Inferences
      • Susceptibility of Officers
      • Prevention of Hepatitis
      • Comparison with Poliomyelitis
      • The Pacific
      • Hospitalisation
      • Medical Officers
      • Immunity
      • Clinical
      • Clinical Review of 1942 Epidemic
      • Treatment
      • Diet
      • Medicine
      • Severe Cases
      • Amoebae
      • Pensions Aspect
      • Statistics
      • INFECTIVE HEPATITIS
      • Infective Hepatitis and Serum Jaundice
      • Clinical Pathology
      • Pathology
      • PERIPHERAL LOBULAR NECROSIS IN HEPATITIS
      • References
    • CHAPTER 4 — Malaria
      • [section]
      • Malaria in 2 NZEF
      • Greece
      • Crete
      • Egypt
      • Malaria in Syria
      • North Africa and Sicily
      • Incidence in Italy
      • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT — Issued by Consultant Physician 2 NZEF in July 1943
      • SCHEME EVOLVED FOR MALARIA CONTROL IN 2 NZ DIVISION 1945
      • MALARIA IN THE PACIFIC
      • Early Experience of American Troops
      • 2 NZEF in the Pacific
      • Pre-war Data
      • New Zealand Malaria Control Unit: Organisation
      • Unit Anti-Mosquito Squads
      • Duties and Responsibilities of Malaria Control Unit
      • Adult Mosquitoes
      • Mosquito Larvae
      • Drainage
      • Avoidance of Man-made Breeding Places
      • Research
      • Training of the Division in Anti-Malaria Measures
      • Clothing
      • Repellent
      • Atebrin
      • Diagnostic Facilities
      • Record System
      • Latent Cases
      • Incidence by Months and Rates
      • Species Diagnosis
      • Comments
      • Species
      • Quartan Malaria
      • Clinical
      • Malaria in Troops after leaving Malaria Area and stopping Atebrin
      • Mosquito Control at New Zealand Airfields
      • Pensions Aspect
      • Appendix — 2 NZEF (IP) Administrative Order — MALARIA
    • CHAPTER 5 — Dengue
      • [section]
      • Source of Infection and Transmission
      • Clinical Features
      • 2 NZEF (IP)
    • CHAPTER 6 — Filariasis
    • CHAPTER 7 — Sandfly (Phlebotomus) Fever
      • [section]
      • Clinical Aspects
    • CHAPTER 8 — Typhus Fever
      • [section]
      • Incidence in 2 NZEF
      • Clinical Features
      • Pacific
    • CHAPTER 9 — Hookworm (Ankylostomiasis)
      • [section]
      • 2 NZEF (IP) Experience
      • Future of the Infection in New Zealand
    • CHAPTER 10 — Cerebro-spinal Fever and Meningitis
      • [chapter]
      • Pneumococcal Meningitis
      • Other Types of Meningitis
      • Recommendations on Treatment by Consultant Physician 2 NZEF, July 1943 — Meningitis
    • CHAPTER 11 — Poliomyelitis
    • CHAPTER 12 — Diphtheria
      • [section]
      • Recommendations made by Consultant Physician 2 NZEF in July 1943
      • Cutaneous Diphtheria
    • CHAPTER 13 — Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
      • [section]
      • Clinical Features
    • CHAPTER 14 — Respiratory Diseases
      • [section]
      • Influenza
      • Brochitis
      • Penumonia
      • Asthma
    • CHAPTER 15 — Q Fever
      • [section]
      • Atypical Pneumonia and Q Fever in Second World War
      • Clinical Features
      • Epidemiological Studies
      • References
    • CHAPTER 16 — Pulmonary Tuberculosis
      • [section]
      • Mass Radiography
      • 2 NZEF
      • The Navy
      • Pensions Survey
      • Results of Treatment
      • Conclusion
      • Associated Disabilities Present in the Pensions Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
    • CHAPTER 17 — Venereal Disease
      • [section]
      • Egypt, 1940
      • System of Surveillance
      • VD Treatment Centres Established as Units
      • Incidence
      • Position in Syria
      • Incidence and the Use of Prophylactic Facilities During 1942
      • Closing of Legalised Brothels
      • New Zealand VD Treatment Centres
      • Formation of a Mobile VD Treatment Centre
      • Rise of VD in Italy
      • Increase in Incidence
      • High Post-Armistice Incidence
      • 2 NZEF (Japan), 1946–48
      • GENERAL OUTLINE OF TREATMENT
      • Appendix
    • II: SYSTEMIC AND CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES
    • CHAPTER 18 — Dyspepsia
      • [section]
      • Clinical Features
      • Causes of Dyspepsia
      • Individual Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic Criteria
      • Response to Treatment
      • Disposal
      • Boarding Criteria
      • Pensions Experience
      • Summary
    • CHAPTER 19 — Neurosis
      • [section]
      • Between the Wars
      • Second World War
      • Arrangements in New Zealand
      • Early Experience in 2 NZEF
      • Observations in a Base Hospital
      • Cases as Seen on Hospital Ship Returning to New Zealand
      • Later Experiences in 2 NZEF
      • Incidence in 2 NZEF
      • Nomenclature
      • Symptoms
      • Treatment in the Forward Areas
      • Treatment: At the Base
      • Psychiatric Examinations of Soldiers for Courts Martial
      • Boarding in 2 NZEF
      • Pacific Experience
      • Neurosis in the Navy
      • Development of Neurosis in the First Furlough Draft, 2 NZEF, in New Zealand
      • Procedure on Return to New Zealand
      • Treatment on Return to New Zealand
      • Association of Neurosis with Head Injury
      • Simple Concussion
      • The Pensions Aspect
      • Transition to Civilian Life
      • Experience in England
      • Recommendations for Future Management
      • Rehabilitation
      • Appendix A — Statistics relating to Nervous Disorders, 2 NZEF, MEF and CMF
      • Appendix B — Table Comparing Battle Casualties with Exhaustion and Neurosis Cases
      • Appendix C — Psychiatric and Neurosis Cases, 2 NZEF, Survey at February 1943
      • References
    • CHAPTER 20 — Essential Hypertension
      • [section]
      • First World War Cases (Carbery Series)
      • First World War Cases of Hypertension Still Alive
      • First World War Cases of Hypertension—Deaths
      • DISCUSSION
      • SUMMARY
      • References
    • CHAPTER 21 — Skin Diseases
      • [section]
      • Reboarding in New Zealand Camps
      • Middle East Experience
      • Desert Sores
      • Eczema and Dermatitis
      • Skin Disorders of the Feet
      • Hyperidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
      • Eczemas
      • Pyogenic Infection
      • Tinea
      • Etiological Factors
      • Other Infections
      • Psychoneurosis
      • External Factors
      • The Constitutional Factor
      • In Italy
      • Sensitisation to Sulphonamides and Penicillin
      • Scabies and Pediculosis
      • Experience of Pacific Force
      • RNZAF in Pacific, 1943–45
      • Treatment in New Zealand of Ex-overseas Invalids
      • Pensions
      • Recommendations
      • X-ray Therapy
      • Reference
    • III: GENERAL
    • CHAPTER 22 — Hygiene
      • [section]
      • Planning for 2 NZEF
      • Climatic Conditions
      • Maadi Camp
      • Individual Precautions
      • Camp Buildings
      • Disposal of Sullage Water
      • Latrines
      • Cleansing of Mess Utensils
      • Food
      • Water
      • Native Labourers
      • General
      • Hygiene Organisation
      • Hygiene Training and Education
      • Man Management
      • Conservancy
      • Refuse Disposal
      • Waste-water Disposal
      • Fly Control
      • Bathing Facilities
      • Laundry Facilities
      • Water Supplies
      • Food
      • Lice Control
      • Mosquito Control
      • Captured Towns
      • Incidence of Disease
      • Results of Good Health
      • HYGIENE IN 2 NZEF IN SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC
      • Camp Sanitation
      • Rubbish Disposal
      • Latrines
      • Flies
      • Washing
      • Water Supplies
      • Field Sanitation
      • Clothing
      • Tropical Macrocytic Anaemia
      • Malaria Control
      • Results
    • CHAPTER 23 — Health of Maoris in 2 NZEF
    • CHAPTER 24 — Occupational Therapy
      • [section]
      • Reference
    • CHAPTER 25 — The Work of a General Hospital Laboratory
      • [section]
      • Analysis of Work Done at 1 NZ General Hospital Laboratory During Thirty-one Months at Helwan
      • Epidemic and Endemic Diseases
      • The Central Pathology Laboratory
      • Analysis of Post-mortem Examinations Made at 1 General Hospital, Helwan, October 1941 to March 1944
      • Number Required
      • Rank of Laboratory Technicians
      • Training of Technicians
      • General Hospital Laboratory Equipment.
    • CHAPTER 26 — Incidence of Disease in 2 NZEF
      • [section]
      • Mortality
      • Down-gradings
      • 2 NZEF (IP)
      • Accidental Injuries
      • War Disablement Pensions
    • Glossary
    • Index of Names
    • Index

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Title: War Surgery and Medicine

Authors:

• Duncan, T.
• Stout, M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1954, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

Key subjects of this text: New Zealand Medical Services

Keywords: New Zealand World War II History

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