Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1  Setting the scene

2  Evacuation pathway for the wounded

3  Anaesthesia, Shock and Resuscitation

4  Pathology during the Great War

5  X-Rays during the Great War

6  Developments in orthopaedic surgery

7  Abdominal wounds: Evolution of management and establishment of surgical treatments

8  Penetrating chest wounds and their management

9  Wounds of the Skull and Brain

10 Development of Plastic Surgery