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Abstract A study was conducted into the incidence of fungal presentations in an Australian warship at sea under hot and humid conditions. It had been hypothesised that there was medical value in changing clothing of an evening. It was suggested that this change could contribute to an increase in hygiene and a decrease in the… Read more »
Affleck PJ, Needleman S. Sevotlurane and the 885A field anaesthesia machine: Clinical report. Mil Med 1997; 162(11): 7692-5 The Ohmeda 885A field anaesthesia machine is equipped with a non-agent-specific, universal vaporiser that can be used with most volatile anaesthetic agents. On a recent humanitarian medical mission to Honduras, the 885A was used to administer general… Read more »
Based on a presentation to the 1997 Naval Health Services Conference held at HMAS Albatross in August 1997 Introduction Preparation for war is an important function of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and is especially so for our combat commander. Their basic task is to seek out, engage and defeat the enemy. Their concern will… Read more »
Jan K Herman Naval Institute Press; 1997 This recent offering from the Naval Institute Press is a highly readable collection of personal accounts from USN personnel serving in a variety of postings in many different theatres of war during WW2. As the preface explains, this is the work of Jan Herman, historian to the Navy… Read more »
Waxing lyrical as always, your Editor feels a need to touch on a number of diverse topics in his Editorial. A Varied Lot This edition of the Journal offers, once again, a good mix of copy. We start with Ben Fitzgerald’s very good study on fungal infections at sea, which has shown, with statistical credibility,… Read more »
This paper won the ‘Weary Dunlop Award for the best Paper read by a member at the 1997 AMMA Annual Scientific Conference. Introduction Women entering a male dominated sphere for the first time will always encounter difficulties. Some of these problems relate to the physical or physiological attributes of the women themselves. Others relate to… Read more »
Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R Alan White Random House; 1997 ‘Truth is often stranger than fiction’ so the old saying goes. It’s also more exciting as this publication clearly demonstrates. The book concerns the last patrol of the K219, a Soviet ‘Yankee’ class ballistic missile submarine from its departure from Gadzhievo in Northern Russia… Read more »
The Regional Health Support Agency South Queensland has, through the kind offices of the Director of Health Services, Colonel Vlas Efstathis, OAM, RFD, RAAMC, donated three books to the Australian Military Medi¬cine Association’s Library: Arms and Aesculapius Reflections and Rwanda Across the Bar The cover jacket summaries of these books follow. Each of them is… Read more »
The comedy/drama MASH, which concerned the lives of American army medical staff stationed just behind the front lines in the Korean War, was one of the most successful television programs of the 1970’s. During it’s eleven year history it presented an enormous range of issues from the essentials of friendship and loyalty to the concerns… Read more »
