A surgeon in khaki
Subtitle: through France and Flanders in World War I
By: by Arthur Anderson Martin ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Glyn Harper
Contributors: Harper, Glyn, 1958-
Edition: Bison Books ed.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780803234925
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; Medical care; New Zealand Personal narratives; Surgeons; Biography
Description: "New Zealand surgeon Arthur Anderson Martin's account of his experiences in 1914, early in World War I. Already a well-respected and widely traveled surgeon when war broke out, Martin joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. Under Field Marshal Sir John French, he served at Le Havre, Harfleur, and at the battle of the Marne. He marched to Aisne, to the new lines behind La Bassee, and finally to Flanders. During his entire service, he advocated immediate specialist surgery for the direst wounds, even under fire. In this engaging narrative, the reader experiences the daily life of war through the eyes of the medical officers who tried valiantly to help the wounded and ill on the front lines of World War I. Martin provides colorful descriptions of the soldiers and officers, harrowing details of the battles, and riveting accounts of the difficulty of treating men in a war zone. A better first hand account of medicine during World War I is not to be found"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Longmans, Green & Co. ; London : E. Arnold, 1915.

Includes bibliographical references.