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Wartime infections and tragedies at the beginning of the 20th century in the Eastern part of Turkey.
Infez Med
; 25(1): 84-87, 2017 03 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28353464
ABSTRACT
In the early 20th century, Europe and the Ottoman Empire as a whole experienced a large number of epidemic diseases, and several wars. During World War I (WW1) a general mobilization of the medical services under Ottoman Empire rule was enacted. However, shortages of food and water, unfavourable weather and poor sanitary conditions resulted in numerous diseases at the battle fronts. Indeed, during the Ottoman-Russian war on the Eastern Front, the Turks suffered massive loss of life. This article therefore emphasises that during WW1, such loss of life in the Ottoman Army on the Eastern Front, which was one of the key fronts of the war, was mainly due to epidemic diseases rather than battles.
Subject(s)
Communicable Diseases/history , Disease Outbreaks/history , Military Personnel/history , Cholera/history , Dysentery, Bacillary/history , Europe , History, 20th Century , Humans , Influenza, Human/history , Military Medicine/history , Ottoman Empire , Turkey , Typhoid Fever/history , Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne/history , World War I
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Scand J Infect Dis
; 44(12): 1009, 2012 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22992011