The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt / An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915
THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN EGYPT
BY JAMES W. BARRETT K.B.E., C.M.G., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.) TEMPORARY LIEUT.-COL. R.A.M.C. LATELY LIEUT.-COL. A.A.M.C. AND A.D.M.S. AUSTRALIAN FORCE IN EGYPT, CONSULTING OCULIST TO THE FORCE IN EGYPT AND REGISTRAR FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL; OPHTHALMOLOGIST TO THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL, LECTURER ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPECIAL SENSES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AND LIEUT. P. E. DEANE, A.A.M.C. QUARTERMASTER FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, EGYPT
H. K. LEWIS & CO. LTD. 136 GOWER STREET, LONDON, W.C.1 1918
DEDICATED TO SIR HENRY and LADY MacMAHON, IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THEM TO THE AUSTRALIAN SICK AND WOUNDED IN EGYPT
Sir James W. Barrett
P. E. Deane
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
Venereal and Infectious Diseases Camp
Acquisition of Many Buildings
Preparation in Anticipation
CHAPTER IV
Methods Adopted in Organising Hospitals
Chronology of the First Australian General Hospital
The Policy of Expansion
Motor Ambulances
The Arrival of the Sick and Wounded from the Front
FOOTNOTES:
The Auxiliary Hospitals
The Conversion of the Auxiliary Hospitals into Independent Commands
CHAPTER V
The Egyptian Climate
Convalescent Hospitals
Army Medical Administration
Discipline
CHAPTER VI
MEDICAL REPORT ON AN INVALID
OPINION OF THE MEDICAL BOARD
The Following Draft was made the Basis of the Arrangement
Transport of Sick and Wounded by Sea
Base Medical Store
Transport of Sick and Wounded to Suez
CHAPTER VII
First Australian General Hospital
The Enlistment of the Unfit and its Consequences
Ophthalmic and Aural Work
Other Diseases: Measles and its Complications; Food Infections
The Fly Pest
The Egyptian Climate again
Medical Organisation in Egypt
The Risk of Cholera
Dr. Ruffer's Views on Cholera
Other Infectious Diseases
CHAPTER VIII
Moral Conditions in Cairo
Prophylaxis
Result of Prophylaxis
Soldiers' Clubs
The Duty of the Medical Officer
Wassermann Tests
The Policy to be Adopted
Venereal Diseases Conference
CHAPTER IX
The Red Cross Policy: Wanted, a Definition
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
The Fly Campaign
The Venereal-Disease Problem
Y.M.C.A. and Red Cross
Prevention of Disease
Conditions of Recruits on Arrival
Hospital Organisation
Assistance of Anglo-Egyptians
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
APPENDIX II
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes
