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Previous articles describe the development from prehistory to the end of the Viking period, of a cycle whereby increasing trade necessitated larger and more efficient ships to transport merchandise and…
Background: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. Disability is defined as the effect of a disorder on a person’s physical, mental or social activities. Purpose:…
Dysentery (blood and pus in faeces) has been an epidemic disease in armies throughout history. The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) encountered epidemic dysentery in both Gallipoli in 1915 and Palestine…
DECEPTION IN WAR AND PEACE Deception of an enemy force in conflict dates back millennia. In the lead up to the second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, Lieutenant…
Jortani SA, Snyder JW, Valdes JR. The role of the clinical laboratory in managing chemical or biological terrorism. CHn Chern 2000 Dec; 46(12): 1883-93. Background: Domestic and international acts of…
Bovard RS. Injuries to avian researchers at Palmer Station, Antarctica from penguins, giant petrels and skuas. Wild Environ Med 2000, 11, 94-98. This paper describes 5 cases of injury to…
The Australian Military Medicine Association held its most successful conference ever at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart from the 20th to 22nd of October 2000. About 120 delegates attended…
For the first year, the Association's new awards and grants system was implemented. The following awards and grants were announced at the 2000 Conference. Weary Dunlop Award The Weary Dunlop…
The 6 RAAF Hospital Morbidity Study (1993-94).1 was designed to document the morbidity of a population of service personnel by analysing the presenting problems of 1,807 consecutive consultations. The study…
Military anaesthesia is a key specialty in the Australian Defence Force of the twenty-first century. Currently, some sixty Service anaesthetists, all Reservists within the three Services, form the craft cadre…
