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Cook, Tim, 1971-
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Body snatching -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Medicine, Military -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Canada.
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Cook, Tim, 1971-
Body snatching -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Medicine, Military -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Canada.
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Lifesavers
and
body
snatchers
:
medical
care
and the
struggle
for
survival
in the
Great
War
/ Tim Cook.
by
Cook, Tim, 1971-
Allen Lane Canada, 2022.
Call #:
940.47571 C771L
Subjects
Body
snatching -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Medicine, Military -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
World
War
, 1914-1918 --
Medical
care
-- Canada.
ISBN:
9780735242319 (hc.)
Description:
543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"
Medical
care
in almost all armies, and especially in the Canadian
medical
services, was sophisticated and constantly evolving, with vastly more wounded soldiers saved than lost. Doctors and surgeons prevented disease from decimating armies, confronted ghastly wounds from chemical weapons, remade shattered bodies, and struggled to ease soldiers' battle-haunted minds. After the
war
, the hard lessons learned by doctors and nurses were brought back to Canada. A new Department of Health created guidelines in the aftermath of the 1918-19 flu pandemic, which had killed 55,000 Canadians and millions around the world. In a grim irony, the fight to improve civilian health was furthered by the most destructive
war
up to that point in human history. But
medical
advances were not the only thing brought back from Europe:
Lifesavers
and
Body
Snatchers
exposes the disturbing story of the harvesting of human
body
parts in
medical
units behind the lines. Tim Cook has spent over a decade investigating the history of Canadian
medical
doctors removing the
body
parts of slain Canadian soldiers and transporting their brains, lungs, bones, and other organs to the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in London, England. Almost 800 individual
body
parts were removed from dead soldiers and sent to London, where they were stored, treated, and some presented in exhibition galleries. After being exhibited there, the
body
parts were displayed in Canada. This uncovered history is a shockingly revelation never told before and part of the hidden legacy of the
medical
war
. Based on deep archival research and unpublished letters of soldiers and
medical
personnel,
Lifesavers
and
Body
Snatchers
is a powerful narrative, told in Cook's literary style, which reveals how the
medical
services supported the soldiers at the front and forged a profound legacy in shaping Canadian public health in the decades that followed."--Goodreads.
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