The Evacuation of Serious Cases in Mountain Warfare
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Warfare." This is in my opinion an important one, more so. as up to the present time no ideal methods exist for the evacuation of sick under conditions such as mountain warfare, methods that would render the journey of patients to the base hospitals more comfortable. It is with this end in view that I introduce the subject before this meeting of medical men to-night whose experience and discussion on the various points involved
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دوره 52 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016