Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Background: Millions of veterans living in the United States suffer from mental illness. Understanding the correlates of mental illness can help target treatment to individuals in need and prevent mental…
In the closing days of the First World War, British cavalry operations defeated the Turkish Armies in Palestine. Australian Light Horse Regiments as part of the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF)…
Throughout World One, army recruiting in Australia was subject to wartime demands, demographic constraints and political interference. Australia’s small medical establishment became better in dealing with these issues, helped by…
"A phthitic soldier is to his roommates what a glandered horse is to its stablemates." (Jean Antoine Villemin, French Army surgeon, 1865) [1] Introduction Tuberculosis is an infection with Mycobacterium…
“If the importance of a disease for mankind is measured by the number of fatalities it causes, then tuberculosis must be considered much more important than those most feared infectious…
At 7.30 a.m. rumour went around the ship that a strange War ship was at the entrance to Cocos Islands 50 miles distant. Soon this was confirmed and though we…
The management of midfacial fractures during the First World War was problematic due to limited diagnostic resources and operative techniques. We present a well-documented use of a dentofacial traction appliance…
As we move closer to the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, I am constantly reminded of the sacrifices made by our ancestors to fight that war.…
