AUSTRALIAN ARMY
MEDICAL CORPS
IN EGYPT
BARRETT and DEANE
THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
MEDICAL CORPS IN EGYPT
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THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
MEDICAL CORPS IN EGYPT
AN ILLUSTRATED AND DETAILED ACCOUNT OF
THE EARLY ORGANISATION AND WORK OF THE
AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL UNITS IN EGYPT
IN 1914-1915
BY
JAMES W. BARRETT
K.B.E., C.M.G., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S. (ENG.)
TEMPORARY LIEUT.-COL. R.A.M.C.
LATELY LIEUT.-COL. A.A.M.C. AND A.D.M.S. AUSTRALIAN FORCE IN
EGYPT, CONSULTING OCULIST TO THE FORCE IN EGYPT AND REGISTRAR
FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL; OPHTHALMOLOGIST TO THE
MELBOURNE HOSPITAL, LECTURER ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPECIAL
SENSES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
AND
LIEUT. P. E. DEANE, A.A.M.C.
QUARTERMASTER FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, EGYPT
H. K. LEWIS & CO. LTD.
136 GOWER STREET, LONDON, W.C.1
1918
DEDICATED TO
SIR HENRY AND LADY MACMAHON,
IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION
OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THEM
TO THE
AUSTRALIAN SICK AND WOUNDED
IN EGYPT
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
The Call for Hospitals--Appeal to the Medical Profession, and
the Response--Raising the Units pp. 1-10