MEDICINE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

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Article1 February 1947MEDICINE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONSWILLIAM S. MIDDLETON, F.A.C.P.WILLIAM S. MIDDLETON, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-2-191 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Professional Services Division of the Chief Surgeon's Office in the European Theater of Operations did not spring into functional maturity upon the declaration of war by the German Reich. A comprehensive plan of consultation service had been projected in the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Armistice came before all of its weaknesses had been remedied. In World War II a group of distinguished specialists constituted the Army Medical Directorate Consultants' Committee to the Director General of the Royal Army Medical Corps in London, whereas two able clinicians and a pathologist acted as professional advisers to the Director... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Madison, Wisconsin*Presented at the 27th Annual Session, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, May 13, 1946.From the Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School.The figures herein quoted were graciously afforded by Col. Joseph H. McNinch, Director of the Historical Division, Surgeon General's Office. They are still tentative. Col. John E. Gordon, Chief of Preventive Medicine Division, Chief Surgeon's Office, European Theater of Operations, gave further invaluable data. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Role of Sociocultural Factors in Psychosomatic MedicineThe Concept of “Stress” in the Biological and Social SciencesAustralia and Indonesian IndependenceMedicine as a Social Instrument: Military Medicine 1 February 1947Volume 26, Issue 2Page: 191-200KeywordsPathologistsPreventive medicineSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1947 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1947, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...