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Volume 12 Number 3

December 2003

In this issue

Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.

The Military Significance of Japanese Encephalitis virus

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS QE) virus causes an endemic and epidemic zoonotic disease with a simple life cycle. The typical reservoir is pigs, though horses and dogs were also found to have…

Over a Century of Service: The 303 Projectile and its Wounding Capabilities – An Historical Profile

'We shot them under rule .303>1 ABSTRACT THE .303 MILITARY ROUND has been around for over 100 years and went from a round nose projectile full metal jacket, Mks I…

Occupational Morphea Due To Epoxy Resin Exposure

Background: Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease, which has been associated with different occupational exposures. Methods: We present a case report of a patient who developed localised scleroderma after occupational…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Occupational Rehabilitation

DEAR EDITOR, In her review article "Outpatient Based Injury Management versus Inpatient Rehabilitation"1, Captain Tilbrook puts forward a case for Outpatient­ based Rehabilitation with strong ties to the workplace, which…

Is Obstetrics and Gynaecological Sonography Essential at a Field Hospital Set up? Thoughts After the Earthquake – Turkey, 19911

AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF) field hospital with an integral obstetrics department was functioning in the city of Adapazari from day 4 to day 14 after the 1999 earthquake disaster…

‘Giving the dope’: Australian Army Nurses Anaesthetists during World War I

MORE THAN 2500 TRAINED AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES served overseas during World War I. Many were called upon to act outside their normal nursing practice and one new area was that…

Civilian Applications of Military Medicine: the St. John Ambulance

THIS PAPER WILL DEMONSTRATE how military medical principles have been effectively applied to organising and training medical teams in the civilian setting of the St. John Ambulance, and how the…

Editorial – Disaster Prepared

AS WE GET THIS ISSUE TO PRINT, l am integrally involved with reviewing Disaster Preparedness and Management Plans for the WA Department of Health. Events like the Bali bombing in…

Abstract from the Literature

Fajardo M, et al. Varicella Susceptibility and Validity of History among U.S. Coast Guard Recruits: An Outbreak-Based Study. Mil Med 2003;168(5): 404-407. During a varicella outbreak among U.S. Coast Guard…

A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists 1914-1994

BEN SHEPHARD WAS BORN IN 1948 and read History at Oxford University. He made numerous historical and scientific documentaries, including The World at War and The Nuclear Age, the former…

An evaluation of the effectiveness of impregnating Nomex™ flying suits with permethrin

PERMETHRIN-IMPREGNATION OF DISRUPTIVE PATTERN COMBAT UNIFORMS (DPCU) is an integral component of personal protective measures adopted by Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel when operating in an environment with endemic vector-borne…