From Hunter to Helmand: Military Medicine Then and Now. (360G-Wellcome-102819_Z_13_Z)

To mark the commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014, the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons will hold a 2-day conference 'From Hunter to Helmand: Military Medicine Then and Now' (Friday 14 - Saturday 15 November 2014). This will accompany an arts project, 'War, Art and Surgery' and its associated publication. Bringing together medical and military history experts as well as current serving military medical staff, 'From Hunter to Helmand' will chart the deve lopment of military medicine from John Hunter in the eighteenth century through the Napoleonic era, Crimea, the World Wars to current campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speakers will engage with the range of military medical practice, including nursing, naval surgery, military psychiatry and medical training for the modern battlefield. To the rich nationwide cultural offer co-ordinated by the Imperial War Museum in 2014, 'From Hunter to Helmand' will provide a unique platform for exchange be tween cultural historians, military clinicians and their patients. It will appeal to students, academics and practitioners in medicine and the humanities, especially medical history and war studies.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 4300
Applicant Surname Alberti
Approval Committee ERG11 Society and Ethics
Award Date 2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2012/13
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 102819/Z/13/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Samuel Alberti
Partnership Value 4300
Planned Dates: End Date 2014-12-13T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2014-11-14T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London