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PTSD in WWII
What we label today as post-traumatic stress disorder was called “nostalgia” during the Civil War because doctors felt the condition was due to homesickness. In WWI, it was called “shell shock”. The disability was first called the “Guadalcanal Disorder” in WWII because in the first campaign of the war, the Read more
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AMERICAN MILITARY MEDICINE IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
When the US entered the war, the US Medical Department had only 1,200 doctors, by D-Day it had 50,000, including 83 women. It also ended up with 15,000 dentists and 2,000 veterinarians. Nurses rose from 1,000 to 52,000. Some drafted and enlisted men became medics (known to the troops as Read more