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Medicine and Warfare: Spain, 1936–1939
Author(s): Nicholas Coni (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 2 Aug. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 292 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415385970
- ISBN-13: 9780415385978
Book Description
This original work examines the differences in medical advances on the two sides of the Spanish Civil War. Covering all aspects of medical treatment during the war, Coni covers new ground with great aplomb and delivers a book which will interest scholars involved with medical history as well as those interested in contemporary European history.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Nicholas Coni’s book will be welcomed not only by students of the period but by those concerned to understand more generally the interactions between the waging of war and the practice of medicine … there cannot be many who would not gain something valuable from it.” – Medicine, Conflict, and Survival
About the Author
Nicholas Coni is a member of the Retired Fellows Society, Royal Society of Medicine. Previously, he was Consultant Geriatrician, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK.
