In the Lieutenants' examination the subject of military organisation, administration and equipment has been introduced, and an officer can now go up after completing 12 months instead of 18 months' service. The office of the D.-G., I. M. S., has been enlarged by the addition of an officer, and the names of the appointments have been altered. The Secretary has become the Deputy D.-Gr., the Stati...

Military health care providers located in field environments frequently face situations in which procedural sedation and analgesia are necessary, without the advantage of sophisticated monitoring equipment. Ketamine is a unique agent that can be administered either intravenously or intramuscularly to produce predictable and profound analgesia, with an exceptional safety profile. We review the i...

Hybrid microcircuit packages are multicomponent electronics devices used in high tech military equipment. They also find application in medical devices for implant in humans to abort the attack of many life threatening illnesses. These are electroplated with limited thicknesses of nickel (1.25 8.75pm) and gold (1.25 5.6pm). In addition there are post plate baking and steam aging requirements as...

This is a new, revised and enlarged edition of Major Caldwell's well-known book on Military Hygiene. It gives a good account of those principles of sanitation which most nearly affect the soldier in his eveiy-day life, whether at home, abroad or in the field. Though primarily written for medical officers of his own Corps it is also hoped that it will be useful to officers of other branches of t...