DIE MILITÊRE GENEESKUNDE GEDURENDE DIE VROEE JARE

dc.creator	A.E. Van Zyl
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:42Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/6-4-842
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a1fa18f197e44839a2cf5c58e6621778
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8408
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/a1fa18f197e44839a2cf5c58e6621778
dc.description	<p><strong>SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY MEDICINE</strong></p><p>Until relatively recent times the attention of military commandershas been given over largely to considerations of tactics and weaponry, to the exclusion of the welfare of the ordinary soldiers who must ultimately carry out their Qrandplans. In earlier times no arrangementswere made for the treatment of injuries suffered by the common soldier, for once he was incapable of holding a weapon or moving with the army he became, not so much an embarrasmentas an encumbrance,something to be dis- .carded or disposed of as quickly as possible. Fatal casualties were therefore frequent, for the wounded were usually left to succumb to their injuries or were murdered and robbed by a civilian population wNch regarded almost all soldiery with hostility.</p><p>Only gradually did military leadersbecomeaware of the need to preservethe wounded for service in later battles, yet even then the basic skills required to heal the sick and injured were lacking, and the first efforts strike us now as pictureque rather than effective</p><p>Even in the armies of the great European powers the proper provision of military medical services is of recent date. fn Britain the CrimeanWar stands out lin popular memory with its legend of Florence Nightingale. From Britain the innovations of organised military medicine travelled quickly to the colonies, and to South Africa, where Imperialand colonial troops saw service together</p><p>The volunteer colonial forces in South Africa were soon provided with their own small medical corps, and these, augmentedby the Royal Army Medical Corps, saw considerable service ;in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902.On the Republicanside the efforts of the Transvaal Red Cross, staffed mainly by foreign volunteers, are of note.</p><p>Once the war was over the colonial volunteer system was extended to include the Transvaal as well, and in 1912 the first steps were taken to launch a uniform South African African Medical Corps to take its proper place in the Union Defence Force.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/842
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 6, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY MEDICINE
dc.subject	Welfare of the ordinary soldiers
dc.subject	South African African Medical Corps
dc.subject	military medical services
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	DIE MILITÊRE GENEESKUNDE GEDURENDE DIE VROEE JARE
dc.type	Article