Add to ORKGDuring the Great War, Canadian military surgeons produced some of the greatest innovations to improve survival on the battlefield. Arguably, the most important was bringing blood transfusion practice close to the edge of the battlefield to resuscitate the many casualties dying of hemorrhagic shock. Dr. L. Bruce Robertson of the Canadian Army Medical Corps was the pioneering surgeon from the University of Toronto who was able to demonstrate the benefit of blood transfusions near the front line and counter the belief that saline was the resuscitation fluid of choice in military medicine. Robertson would go on to survive the Great War, but would be taken early in life by influenza. Despite his life and career being cut short, Robertson's work ...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
During the Great War, Canadian military surgeons produced some of the greatest innovations to improv...
In 1894 Ulsterman and pathologist Almroth Wright described the citation of blood. Twenty-one years l...
The first attempts to introduce blood transfusion into battlefield surgery were made in the 1860s an...
Military medical services extend back long before the formation of the CFMS. A direct line can be tr...
Canadian universities faced a challenge with the return of a large cohort of battle-hardened student...
Canadian universities faced a challenge with the return of a large cohort of battle-hardened student...
Between 1914 and 1918, the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France and Flanders sustained 2.7...
Between 1914 and 1918, the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France and Flanders sustained 2.7...
Dr. Vivian McAlister was living a “comfortable” life back in 2006. He was an established transplant ...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
During the Great War, Canadian military surgeons produced some of the greatest innovations to improv...
In 1894 Ulsterman and pathologist Almroth Wright described the citation of blood. Twenty-one years l...
The first attempts to introduce blood transfusion into battlefield surgery were made in the 1860s an...
Military medical services extend back long before the formation of the CFMS. A direct line can be tr...
Canadian universities faced a challenge with the return of a large cohort of battle-hardened student...
Canadian universities faced a challenge with the return of a large cohort of battle-hardened student...
Between 1914 and 1918, the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France and Flanders sustained 2.7...
Between 1914 and 1918, the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France and Flanders sustained 2.7...
Dr. Vivian McAlister was living a “comfortable” life back in 2006. He was an established transplant ...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at W...
The Canadian contribution of medical services to the British Empire during the First World War was a...