Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine & Survival In Afghanistan & Beyond
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781781255865
- Categories BX, BXOS, History, LOCATION_B_NF, NF HIS, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities
- Author(s) Mayhew, Emily
- Publisher Wellcome Collection
- Pages 320
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 19.5cm x 2cm x 13cm
- Weight 0.24 kg
product description
Historian Emily Mayhew explores the reality of medicine and injury in wartime, from the trenches of World War One to the plains of Afghanistan and the rehabilitation wards of Headley Court in Surrey. Mixing vivid and compelling stories of unexpected survival with astonishing insights from the front line of medicine, A Heavy Reckoning is a book about how far we have come in saving, healing and restoring the human body.
