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War and medicine

 

Hippocrates is quoted as saying that ‘war is the only proper school for a surgeon’. Certainly, medical services have been associated with the military since the days of Ancient Greece. This relationship declined in the Middle Ages, but after a radical reorganisation of medicine during the 1700s the links between the two grew stronger with each passing year.

War and new jobs in medicine

There is much debate about how much influence war and medicine have had on each other. In some cases war moves medical practices and innovation forward, or refocuses research into specific conditions. Both orderlies and nurses were specialised roles that emerged and developed later…

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 War and medicine

Hippocrates is quoted as saying that ‘war is the only proper school for a surgeon’. Certainly, medical services have been associated with the military since the days of Ancient Greece. This relationship declined in the Middle Ages, but after a radical reorganisation of medicine during the 1700s the links between the two grew stronger with each passing year

Military Medical News

Military Medical News is a highly regarded medical newspaper circulated monthly throughout the United States and read by thousands of medical personnel within our armed Forces. In addition, numerous civilians who have left the military look to Military Medical News as a source of up to date information regarding the medical and healthcare changes occurring within the U.S Military Healthcare System.

Medicine + The Military

Discover the many opportunities and benefits available through military

Military Health System Research Symposium

This annual event provides an academic-based venue to discuss and distribute new scientific knowledge resulting from military-unique research and development. In addition, it provides a scholarly forum for planning and development of future studies aimed at optimizing care for members of the Uniformed Services in operational settings.

Military OneSource

Military OneSource is a confidential Department of Defense-funded program providing comprehensive information on every aspect of military life at no cost to active duty, National Guard, and reserve members, and their families.

Operational Medicine

Operational Medicine is the healthcare provided in unconventional settings where important resources may be significantly restricted. These resources could include limited supplies, expertise, time, location, or climate extremes.

Veterans Today

Veterans Today (VT) is an independent online journal representing the positions and providing news for members of the military and veteran community in areas of national security, geopolitical stability and domestic policy. All writers are fully independent and represent their own point of view and not necessarily the point of view of any other writer, administrator or entity.

Army Medicine

Army Medicine: Serving to Heal...Honored to Serve.

Medical Corps International Forum

Forum for Disaster and Military medicine.

Military Bridge

From our military experience, we have learned over the course of time that there are several businesses that extend themselves to military members through exceptional service and/or military discounts. Our goal is to connect those that sacrifice for our country, to the businesses that sacrifice for them.

Military Connection

MilitaryConnection.com is one of the most comprehensive online directories of resources and information for military, veterans and their loved ones.

Military Medical Personnel

The UK's leading military medical and dental recruitment consultancy.

Military.com

We started Military.com in 1999 to revolutionize the way the 30 million Americans with military affinity stay connected and informed. Today, we're the largest military and veteran membership organization — 10 million members strong.

Navy Medicine

Navy Medicine is a thriving, global health care system fully engaged and integrated in providing high quality health care to beneficiaries in wartime and in peacetime.

Olive-Drab

Military medicine is a vast subject which covers everything from basic hygiene through battlefield necessities like battle dressing bandages, first aid kits, and ambulances to complex and life-saving surgery, from spraying to suppress mosquitos through long-term recovery from tramautic wounds.

U.S. Medicine

U.S. Medicine is a monthly publication that serves healthcare professionals working in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and U.S. Public Health Service. Each month U.S. Medicine provides 35,000 physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and administrators with a mix of news, medical updates, interviews, reports on special government topics and monthly columns.

MedPage Today

Health news and commentary from around the Web related to military medicine.

Science Museum

Military medicine is a unique field. From ensuring the health of troops to dealing with violent injuries, medical teams work to keep soldiers fighting fit.

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