Blood Program in World War II

RENAL INJURIES IN MASHHAD UNIVERSITY DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. A COMPARISON WITH WORLD WARS I AND II, AND VIETNAM

Missile injuries of the kidney are rare even in wartime. Of 4500 patients admitted to the Ghaem Medical Center in the first two years of the Iran-Iraq war, only 96 had injuries of the genitourinary tract (2.1 %) and only 35 involved the kidney usually with multiple injuries to other viscera. The mortality for those with urogenital injuries was 8.3% (compared with World War I, 60% and World...

American Self-Identification: A Strategy of Maintenance

Legislative history of title VIII of the Social Security Act.

led to the enactment of a new Introduction • Be a World War II veteran who title VIII of the Social Security served in the U.S. military at some On December 14, 1999, President Act, “Special Benefits for point from September 16, 1940, and Clinton signed the Foster Care IndepenCertain World War II through July 24, 1947, or who dence Act of 1999, Public Law 106-169. Veterans.” It describes the se...

Changing Eating Habits on the Home Front: Lost Lessons from World War II Research

Programs intended to improve nutrition often fall short of expectations. One exception, however, occurred during the rationing years of World War II, when U.S. citizens were encouraged to incorporate protein-rich organ meats into their protein-deficient diets. Unfortunately, most of the insights resulting from these efforts remained unpublished or in limited distribution. For the first time, th...

The Senior Visiting Surgeons program: a model for sustained military-civilian collaboration in times of war and peace.

The use of civilian expertise to assist the military medical corps during times of conflict is not a new concept. Perhaps, one of the most noted examples was the service of Edward D. Churchill, MD, who volunteered to serve as the chief surgical consultant in the North African and Mediterranean theaters during World War II. A colonel in the US Army, Dr. Churchill followed his deployed surgical u...