Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study.

Abstract

In World War II American troops were deployed in eight theatres, forming the largest force ever mobilized by the nation.This book contains, in 1129 pages of tables, the data concerning the battle casualties and non-battle diseases and injuries encountered, based on eighteen million individual medical records.They not only provide details of the medical aspects of the war, but they also record valuable information for future reference.There are four introductory chapters which provide a summary analysis of the tables.They are followed by an account of sources, definitions and methodology, and after the tables there is a detailed index.The awesome series of tables in fact provides a remarkably fascinating and useful summary of military medical statistics.Here in compact form is the price the United States paid for their participation in World War IT as far as human life and health are concerned.It will not only be of great interest to military and medical historians, but also to those concerned with present and future medical aspects of troops and to medical planners.Considering its size and its value as an essential book of reference the price is a give-away.