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Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War: Doctors and Damage Control for American Wounded, 1941-1945
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Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War: Doctors and Damage Control for American Wounded, 1941-1945
Current price: $49.95
Barnes and Noble
Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War: Doctors and Damage Control for American Wounded, 1941-1945
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Sophisticated treatments, including complex surgery, were by necessity far removed from the fighting, requiring front line doctors to do the minimumoften under fireto stabilize patients until they could be evacuated: "damage control," it would later be called. Navy doctors responsible for thousands of sailors aboard fleets in battle found caring for the wounded daunting or nearly impossible. Yet to save lives, medical resources had to be kept as close as possible to the action. This book systematically details the efforts and innovations of the doctors and surgeons who worked to preserve life under extreme peril.