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Wounded

by Emily Mayhew, Kelly Birch

Great britain, armyWorld war, 1914-1918, great britainMedicine, military, historySoldiersGreat britain, history, 20th centuryMedical careHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918

'Wounded' traces a journey made by a casualty from the battlefield of the Western Front to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him - stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, often mentally and physically unprepared and frequently on the verge of collapse nurses - from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station and the ambulance train back to Blighty.

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Book data: Open Library