MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES ARMY
IN WORLD WAR II
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY
SURGERY IN WORLD WAR II
ACTIVITIES OF SURGICAL CONSULTANTS
Volume II
Prepared and published under the direction of
Lieutenant General LEONARD D. HEATON
The Surgeon General, United States Army
Editor in Chief
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC, USA
Editor for Activities of Surgical Consultants
B. NOLAND CARTER, M.D.
ELIZABETH M. MCFETRIDGE, M.A. OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1964
SURGERY IN WORLD WAR II
Advisory Editorial Board
MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY, M.D., Chairman
FRANK B. BERRY, M.D.
BRIAN BLADES, M.D.
J. BARRETT BROWN, M.D.
STERLING BUNNELL, M.D. (dec.)
NORTON CANFIELD, M.D.
B. NOLAND CARTER, M.D.
EDWARD D. CHURCHILL, M.D.
MATHER CLEVELAND, M.D.
DANIEL C. ELKIN, M.D. (dec.)
JOHN B. FLICK, M.D.
FRANK GLENN, M.D.
M. ELLIOTT RANDOLPH, M.D.
ISIDOR S. RAVDIN, M.D.
JOSEPH R. SHAEFFER, M.D.
ALFRED R. SHANDS, Jr., M.D.
HOWARD E. SNYDER, M.D.
R. GLEN SPURLING, M.D.
BARNES WOODHALL, M.D.
ROBERT M. ZOLLINGER, M.D.
Brigadier General JAMES E. GRAHAM, USA (ex officio)
Brigadier General DOUGLAS B. KENDRICK, Jr., USA (ex officio)
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC, USA (ex officio)
The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Service
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC, USA, DirectorCHARLES J. SIMPSON, Executive Officer
Lieutenant Colonel DOUGLAS HESFORD, MSC, USA, Chief, Special Projects Branch
CHARLES M. WILTSE, Ph. D., Litt. D., Chief, Historians Branch
ERNEST ELLIOTT, Jr., Chief, Editorial Branch
Lieutenant Colonel JEROME RUDBERG, MSC, USA, Chief, Information Activities Branch
RODERICK M. ENGERT, Chief, General Reference and Research Branch
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ACTIVITIES OF SURGICAL CONSULTANTS
Volume IIMEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY
The volumes comprising the official history of the Medical Department of the United States Army in World War II are prepared by The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Service, and published under the direction of The Surgeon General, U.S. Army. These volumes are divided into two series: (1) The administrative or operational series; and (2) the professional, or clinical and technical, series. This is one of the volumes published in the latter series.
VOLUMES PUBLISHED
ADMINISTRATIVE SERIESHospitalization and Evacuation, Zone of InteriorOrganization and Administration in World War IIPersonnel in World War IICLINICAL SERIESInternal Medicine in World War II:
Vol. I. Activities of Medical Consultants
Vol. II. Infectious Diseases
Preventive Medicine in World War II:
Vol. II. Environmental Hygiene
Vol. III. Personal Health Measures and Immunization
Vol. IV. Communicable Diseases Transmitted Chiefly Through Respiratory and Alimentary Tracts
Vol. V. Communicable Diseases Transmitted Through Contact or By Unknown Means
Vol. VI. Communicable Diseases: Malaria
Surgery in World War II:
Activities of Surgical Consultants, vol. I
General Surgery, vol. II
Hand Surgery
Neurosurgery, vol. I
Neurosurgery, vol. II
Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
Orthopedic Surgery in the European Theater of Operations
Orthopedic Surgery in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
The Physiologic Effects of Wounds
Thoracic Surgery, vol. I
Vascular Surgery
Miscellaneous:
Cold Injury, Ground Type
Dental Service in World War II
Veterinary Service in World War II
Wound Ballistics
