at Head-Quarters. Gentlemen, I have already notified to you the appointments to which you have been nominated by the Hon'ble the GovernorGeneral and Council in pursuance of a new arrangement made by the Hon'ble Court of Directors for the reform of their Medical Departments and for the conduct of their military hospitals. This arrangement has been prescribed in a separate General letter from the...

Shortly after war broke out in 1914 Dr Flora Murray and Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, two former members of the Women’s Social and Political Union, founded their own women’s hospital organization to care for soldiers wounded in the fighting. Experience in the suffrage movement had taught them what the likely reaction of the authorities would be to any offer of help from women doctors, so they app...

BACKGROUND Reducing alcohol related harms in Australian Defence Force (ADF) trainees has been identified as a priority, but there are few evidence-based prevention programs available for the military setting. The study aims to test whether the P.A.R.T.Y. program delivered in-hospital or on-base, can reduce harmful alcohol consumption among ADF trainees. METHODS/DESIGN The study is a 3-arm ran...

There have been studies about the impact of a suicide on family members and friends, but none to date on a military unit in a combat zone. This is the first description, to my knowledge, of the effects of the suicide of a U.S. Army soldier deployed to Iraq. A narrative from the treating psychiatrist's perspective describes both the acute and longer-term (four months) effects of the suicide on m...

Helminth and arthropod parasites were collected from 41 warthogs, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, in the Hoedspruit Nature Reserve, eastern Transvaal. This reserve consists of a military base, which is a restricted area and is surrounded by a reserve, which is open to the public. Eleven nematode species, 1 or 2 cestode species and the larvae of 2 cestode species were recovered from the animals in the...

This paper presents comes about because of innovation advancement endeavors throughout the most recent 6 years concentrated on submerged unexploded weapons (UXO) discovery and arrangement. Our approach abuses coordinated geo-referenced detecting advancements and have application for undertakings running from ports and harbor improvement to seaward vitality and wind cultivate improvement. Compel...

Patterns of healthcare use in a sample of young adults entering the US Navy (N=1137) were examined in a longitudinal survey study. Baseline data provided information about healthcare use as a civilian, whereas follow-up data were used to examine changes in patterns of use over time following entry into the Military Health System (MHS). Entrance into the MHS was marked by increased use of preven...