Military Medicine

June 16, 2004 2:06 PM

The Textbooks of Military Medicine. An engrossing collection of pdf versions of textbooks used to train military medics. My favorite one is the one on War Psychiatry, which includes summaries of studies that have been done on veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and another section on POWs and their phychiatric reactions (perhaps it might explain some things about Kerry or McCain?). Other topics include Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments (Vol. 1), Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, and Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare (<-- pdf file).
posted by acridrabbit (4 comments total)

Thanks, this is good stuff. I'd be interested to see some WWII and Korea era texts and compare them to the "modern" ones.

Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare (1989) - Addresses the increasingly important medical challenges of the consequences and management of radiation injuries.

That just sort of grabs you, doesn't it?
posted by Shane at 2:17 PM on June 16, 2004

perhaps it might explain some things about Kerry or McCain?

Like what, for instance?
posted by 4easypayments at 3:30 PM on June 16, 2004

nice find. very interesting.
posted by jengod at 4:38 PM on June 16, 2004

awesome site! I love it!
posted by WLW at 7:22 PM on June 16, 2004