Medical Science at War

Medical women at war, 1914-1918.

Women had a long and difficult struggle before they were allowed to obtain a medical education.' Even in 1914 the Royal Free was the only London teaching hospital to admit them and some universities (including Oxford and Cambridge) still held out against them. The cost of a medical education continued to be a major obstacle, but at least there were enough schools by then to ensure that British ...

Post-War Medical Resettlement

The immediate post-war period following a modern war brings in its train many complications and difficulties ; much planning and thought ; not a little heart-burning, worry, and doubt. Though there is no longer danger and destruction ; nevertheless, sometimes a new fear is born. What is to happen to me after the war ? How shall I find my feet in civil life again ? Shall I find employment or sha...

Medical Diseases of War

Medical Diseases of War

Medical anthropology against war.

In my 2006 presidential address on “Medical Anthropology at the Intersections,” I attempted to convey all of my high hopes for medical anthropology in the new millennium (Inhorn 2007). We are nearly 50 years old as a discipline, and we are on the verge of numerous, exciting intersections with multiple fields. At the 2007 meeting, I announced our plans for the first independent Society for Medic...