Naval medicine

Naval Health Services Memorial

A.N. Other · Jun 24, 2018 ·

Over recent timeswhat was the Naval Health Services has undergone a significant transformation, becoming part of a unified Defence Health Services organisation. To many past members of the wider naval ...

The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Periodical, Semaphore · Sep 10, 2010 ·

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Issue 6 of Semaphore, the publication produced by The Sea Power Centre Australia in March 2006. We are indebted to them for their ...

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The Health of the Navy

Pearce, Robert L., AM RFD OM(Fr) CStJ FRCS FRACS Colonel RAAMC (Rtd), Associate Professor · Sep 21, 2009 ·

Its Influence on Battle Outcomes In Nelson’s Day We tend to believe that the long distance voyages in the days of sail were riddled with death and disease, notably scurvy, ...

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Green and Gold Malaria

McCall, Rupert · Mar 21, 2009 ·

The day would soon arrive when I could not ignore the rash. I was obviously ill and so I called on Doctor Nash. This standard consultation would adjudicate my fate. ...

HMS Byron and the Captain’s Appendix

Whitehouse, John · Sep 3, 2006 ·

HMS Byron was one of the 78 American-built Destroyer Escorts (DEs) acquired by the Royal Navy as welcome additional convoy escort vessels under Lend-Lease arrangements, and immediately employed in the ...

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Naval Medicine in Australia – Some Origins in Northern Waters

Pearn, John · Mar 6, 1997 ·

The health of all sea-encircled nations depends in time of conflict, on the health of its seamen. Australia’s “discovery” by European naval commanders and the subsequent colonisation by British fleets ...

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