A Surgeon In Khaki [Illustrated Edition]

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I, Germany, British
Cover of the book A Surgeon In Khaki [Illustrated Edition] by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE, Lucknow Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE ISBN: 9781782892700
Publisher: Lucknow Books Publication: August 15, 2014
Imprint: Lucknow Books Language: English
Author: Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
ISBN: 9781782892700
Publisher: Lucknow Books
Publication: August 15, 2014
Imprint: Lucknow Books
Language: English

A Kiwi surgeon recounts his experiences of life under fire tending to the wounded in the first year of World War One. Illustrated with more than 15 photos of the author, his unit and the locations of the battles he witnessed.
“Arthur Anderson Martin was born in Milton, Otago, New Zealand, on 26 March 1876...When war broke out that year [1914] he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in France and Belgium. His advocacy and practice of immediate specialist surgery - even under fire - for wounds to abdomen, chest, and upper femur, won acclaim in the British Medical Journal. He frequently placed himself at risk while tending the injured and was mentioned in dispatches by General John French in 1915 and General Douglas Haig in 1916. His book, A surgeon in khaki, was considered by critics to be a well-judged account of front-line medical conditions.
After eight months’ duty in the field he returned to New Zealand for rehabilitative rest. However, he was immediately appointed to a commission investigating accommodation and hospitalisation at Trentham camp after severe outbreaks of measles, pneumonia and cerebrospinal meningitis. It was thought by leading politicians that his reputation would give medical weight to the findings of the commission. Even during his brief return to civilian practice in Palmerston North he was active in training the Rifle Brigade Field Ambulance at Awapuni. He returned with them to France, and was soon back in front-line service on the Somme.
He was wounded at Flers on 17 Sep. 1916, and died in Amiens base hospital the same night. The loss of two of New Zealand’s most promising surgeons, Gilbert Bogle and Martin, on the same day led to the issue of orders for much more caution by doctors under fire than Martin had advocated. The death of a gifted surgeon was mourned in newspapers throughout New Zealand. On 1 Jan. he was posthumously appointed a DSO.”-Te Ara Encyclopaedia Of New Zealand

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A Kiwi surgeon recounts his experiences of life under fire tending to the wounded in the first year of World War One. Illustrated with more than 15 photos of the author, his unit and the locations of the battles he witnessed.
“Arthur Anderson Martin was born in Milton, Otago, New Zealand, on 26 March 1876...When war broke out that year [1914] he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in France and Belgium. His advocacy and practice of immediate specialist surgery - even under fire - for wounds to abdomen, chest, and upper femur, won acclaim in the British Medical Journal. He frequently placed himself at risk while tending the injured and was mentioned in dispatches by General John French in 1915 and General Douglas Haig in 1916. His book, A surgeon in khaki, was considered by critics to be a well-judged account of front-line medical conditions.
After eight months’ duty in the field he returned to New Zealand for rehabilitative rest. However, he was immediately appointed to a commission investigating accommodation and hospitalisation at Trentham camp after severe outbreaks of measles, pneumonia and cerebrospinal meningitis. It was thought by leading politicians that his reputation would give medical weight to the findings of the commission. Even during his brief return to civilian practice in Palmerston North he was active in training the Rifle Brigade Field Ambulance at Awapuni. He returned with them to France, and was soon back in front-line service on the Somme.
He was wounded at Flers on 17 Sep. 1916, and died in Amiens base hospital the same night. The loss of two of New Zealand’s most promising surgeons, Gilbert Bogle and Martin, on the same day led to the issue of orders for much more caution by doctors under fire than Martin had advocated. The death of a gifted surgeon was mourned in newspapers throughout New Zealand. On 1 Jan. he was posthumously appointed a DSO.”-Te Ara Encyclopaedia Of New Zealand

More books from Lucknow Books

Cover of the book The 100/442D Regimental Combat Team's Rescue of the Lost Battalion by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Primordial Violence: German War On The Soviet Partisans by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Men Under Stress by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book The Big Fight (Gallipoli To The Somme) [Illustrated Edition] by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Seven Sailors by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Diary Of Section VIII, Of The American Field Ambulance Service by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book The Ethics Of Bombing Dresden by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book The Battle of St. Vith, Defense and Withdrawal by Encircled Forces by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Grand Fleet Days [Illustrated Edition] by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Field Ambulance Sketches by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Letters From Flanders Written By 2nd Lieut. A. D. Gillespie, Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book With Cavalry In 1915, The British Trooper In The Trench Line, Through Second Battle Of Ypres [Illustrated Edition] by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Critical German Submarine Operations Versus Allied Convoys During March 1943: An Operational Analysis by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book From Teaching To Practice: General Walter Krueger And The Development Of Joint Operations, 1921-1945 by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
Cover of the book Drama In Malta by Arthur Anderson Martin FRCSE
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy