Prácticas de enfermería en la reeducación profesional de los soldados en la Casa Pía de Lisboa durante la Primera Guerra Mundial / Práticas de Enfermagem na Reeducação Profissional de Soldados na Casa Pia de Lisboa durante a I Guerra Mundial / Nursing Practices in the Professional Re-education of Soldiers at Casa Pia of Lisboa during the First World War

In the period of the First Republic in Portugal, during the First World War, professional re-education was implemented, based on the teaching experience of Casa Pia in Lisbon, and was particularly important in the recovery of mutilated and maimed soldiers. Objective: To interpret and analyse the nurses' practices in the professional re-education of Portuguese soldiers at the Santa Izabel Institute for the Re-education of War Mutilates at Casa Pia in Lisbon during the First World War. Methodology: Use of the historical method to synthesise the historical narrative. Results: Important references can be found in the Casa Pia of Lisbon Yearbooks to the functions carried out by the nurses, namely "the propaganda that the nurses made to the wounded about the advantages of re-education"; the "massotherapy treatment"; "the massage treatments" and also to the "extremely important role" of the ladies (nurses) in the "small infirmary" headed by Dr V. Pontes where there was a small "massotherapy" service, a "provisional prothesis" workshop and a laboratory for examining aptitudes. Conclusion: This confirms that the nurses played an important role in the "preparatory re-education" services at the Santa Izabel Institute for the Re-education of Mutilated People at Casa Pia in Lisbon, intervening in a distinctive and effective way, earning good recognition.(AU)

En el período de la Primera República en Portugal, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, se implantó la reeducación profesional, basada en la experiencia pedagógica de la Casa Pia de Lisboa, y fue particularmente importante en la recuperación de soldados mutilados. Objetivo: Interpretar y analizar las prácticas de las enfermeras en la reeducación profesional de los soldados portugueses en el Instituto Santa Izabel de Reeducación de Mutilados de Guerra de la Casa Pia de Lisboa durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Metodología: Utilización del método histórico para sintetizar el relato histórico. Resultados: Se encuentran importantes referencias en los Anuarios de la Casa Pia de Lisboa a las funciones desempeñadas por las enfermeras, a saber: "la propaganda que las enfermeras hacían a los heridos sobre las ventajas de la reeducación"; el "tratamiento de masoterapia"; "los tratamientos de masaje" y también al "importantísimo papel" de las señoras (enfermeras) en la "pequeña enfermería" dirigida por el Dr. V. Pontes, donde había un pequeño servicio de "masoterapia", un taller de "prótesis provisionales" y un laboratorio de examen de aptitudes. Conclusión: Esto confirma que las enfermeras desempeñaron un papel importante en los servicios de "reeducación preparatoria" del Instituto de Reeducación de Mutilados Santa Izabel, de la Casa Pia de Lisboa, interviniendo de forma diferenciada y eficaz, mereciendo un buen reconocimiento.(AU)

No período da Primeira República em Portugal, no decorrer da I Guerra Mundial, implementou-se, com base na experiência de ensino da Casa Pia de Lisboa, a reeducação profissional tendo sido particularmente importante na recuperação de mutilados e estropiados de guerra. Objetivo: Interpretar e analisar quais as práticas das enfermeiras na reeducação profissional de soldados portugueses no Instituto de Reeducação de Mutilados de Guerra de Santa Izabel na Casa Pia de Lisboa durante a I Guerra Mundial. Metodologia: Recurso ao método histórico para a síntese da narrativa histórica. Resultados: Encontram-se referências importantes nos Anuários da Casa Pia de Lisboa a funções exercidas pelas enfermeiras nomeadamente “a propaganda que as sr.as enfermeiras fizeram junto dos feridos sobre as vantagens da reeducação”; o “tratamento massoterápico”; “os tratamentos pela massagem” e ainda ao “papel importantíssimo” das senhoras (enfermeiras) na “pequena enfermaria” chefiada pelo Dr. V. Pontes onde havia um pequeno serviço de “massotherapia”, uma oficina de “prothese provisória” e um laboratório de exame de aptidões. Conclusão: Confirma-se que as enfermeiras desempenharam um papel importante nos serviços de “reeducação preparatória” no Instituto de Reeducação de Mutilados de Santa Izabel da Casa Pia de Lisboa, intervindo de forma diferenciadora e eficaz, obtendo um bom reconhecimento.(AU)

Epidemic diseases during the World War I and Dr Server Kamil Tokgöz.

Server Kamil became one of the most prominent doctors during the period of the Ottoman Empirey. Server Kamil, who specialized in bacteriology and sanitation, made a name for himself primarily through his fight in the memories against epidemic diseases on the Caucasus front during World War I. He was sent to the Caucasus front as chief physician of Erzurum Red Crescent (Hilâl-i Ahmer) Hospital, and made great efforts to prevent the disease typhus-which was a major problem in the region-as soon as he reached the front line. He worked long and hard to develop a vaccine to prevent typhus, which affects thousands of soldiers and civilians. He also played a pioneering role in establishing important institutions such as the Sivas Smallpox Vaccine Laboratory and the Rabies Treatment Centre, which accomplished significant work and achieved great success both during the World War I and in the period that followed. This article attempts to clarify the activities of Server Kamil on Caucasus front during World War I based on the documents of the Turkish Red Crescent Archive, the reports of the Red Crescent Society.

Management of combat-sustained radial nerve injury during World War I: The case of Louis-Ferdinand Céline.

The radial nerve conveys sensory and motor information to and from the upper limb, and radial nerve injury can induce functional disability, as demonstrated by the case of the renowned French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961), who sustained a gunshot injury to his right arm in October 1914. Radial nerve injuries treated during World War I inspired the publication of several medical handbooks and medical theses, such as that of the military surgeon Major Robert Bretton (1889-1956). The aim of this paper is, via Céline's injury, to explore the management of radial nerve injury during and since World War I. It is important to consider the historical perspective in order to improve radial nerve injury management so as to adapt to modern warfare.

Did the 1918 influenza pandemic cause a 1920 baby boom? Demographic evidence from neutral Europe.

In 1919-20, the European countries that were neutral in the First World War saw a small baby bust followed by a small baby boom. The sparse literature on this topic attributes the 1919 bust to individuals postponing conceptions during the peak of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic and the 1920 boom to recuperation of those conceptions. Using data from six large neutral countries of Europe, we present novel evidence contradicting that narrative. In fact, the subnational populations and maternal birth cohorts whose fertility was initially hit hardest by the pandemic were still experiencing below-average fertility in 1920. Demographic evidence, economic evidence, and a review of post-pandemic fertility trends outside Europe suggest that the 1920 baby boom in neutral Europe was caused by the end of the First World War, not by the end of the pandemic.

Neurosurgical management of penetrating brain injury during World War I: A historical cohort.

During World War I, 25% of penetrating injuries were in the cephalic region. Major Henri Brodier described his surgical techniques in a book in which he reported every consecutive penetrating brain injury (PBI) that he operated on from August 1914 to July 1916. The aim was to collate his data and discuss significant differences in management between soldiers who survived and those who died. We conducted a retrospective survey that included every consecutive PBI patient operated on by Henri Brodier from August 1914 to April 1916 and recorded in his book. We reported medical and surgical management. Seventy-seven patients underwent trepanation by Henri Brodier for PBI. Regarding injury mechanism, 66 procedures (86%) were for shrapnel injury. Regarding location, 21 (30%) involved the whole convexity. Intracranial venous sinus wound was diagnosed intraoperatively in 11 patients (14%). Postoperatively, 7 patients (9%) had seizures, 5 (6%) had cerebral herniation, 3 (4%) had cerebral abscess, and 5 (6%) had meningitis. No patients with abscess or meningitis survived. No significant intergroup differences were found for injury mechanism or wound location, including the venous sinus. Extensive initial surgery with debridement must be prioritized. Infectious complications must not be neglected. We should not forget the lessons of the past when managing casualties in present-day and future conflicts.

Surgeon Henry Tonks and the blur of artistry.

The professional career of 20th Century British surgeon and artist Henry Tonks provides a unique perspective into the complex balance of technique, creativity, and empathy necessary to heal both body and soul. For Tonks, the skills of surgery did not suffice to address his intense emotional attachment to his suffering patients. For that reason, he turned to painting as an expression of deeper efforts to demonstrate human suffering to which he was so sensitive and which engulfed him at times in the tragedies of mankind. Nevertheless, his appreciation of the fine details of surgery and surgical manipulations of the body never diminished. His anatomic sketches proved invaluable in reconstructive surgery. Yet, his preference remained to display the entire dimensions of his world through brush and colors. In the process, concern for the personal imperfections of both of his chosen professions enabled Tonks to continually analyze his artistry and to instill that same discipline in his students. This, too, made him a revered teacher and effective interpreter of humanism.

Mortality among those certified under lunacy legislation in Scotland during World War I.

Mortality in asylum populations increased during World War I. This paper seeks to analyse the mortality data from Scotland, where governmental statistics allow comparison between different lunacy institutions, poorhouses and prisons, as well as people certified under lunacy legislation but living in the community. Detailed study is made of two Lothian asylums, the Royal Edinburgh Asylum and the Midlothian and Peebles District Asylum, and the 1918 influenza pandemic is considered in the asylum context. Similarities and differences between the situation in Scotland and that in England and Wales are discussed, and parallels are drawn with the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland.

Evolution of spinal cord injury treatment in military neurosurgery.

During the mid-1900s, military medicine made historical advancements in the diagnosis, stabilization, and treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCIs). In particular, World War II was an inflection point for clinical practice related to SCIs because of the vast number of devastating injuries to soldiers seen during World War I (WWI). The unprecedented rate of SCI along with growth in the field served as a catalyst for surgical and interdisciplinary advancements through the increased exposure to this challenging pathology. Initially, a tragic fate was assumed for soldiers with SCIs in WWI resulting in a very conservative approach strategy given a multitude of factors. However, soldiers with similar injuries 20 years later saw improved outcomes with more aggressive management interventions by specialists in spine trauma, who applied measures such as spinal traction, arthrodesis, and internal fixation, and with the significant developments in the complex rehabilitation of these patients. This article describes the historical shift in the management of SCIs through the two world wars. These historical lessons of SCI and the fundamental advances in their neurosurgical intervention have molded not only military but also modern civilian treatment of SCI.

Neurosurgical developments of Thierry de Martel (1875-1940), French neurosurgery pioneer, during World Wars I and II.

Following France's entry into World War I on August 3, 1914, Thierry de Martel (1875-1940), the French neurosurgery pioneer, served on the front line and was wounded on October 3, 1914. He was then assigned as a surgeon in temporary hospitals in Paris, where he published his first observations of cranioencephalic war wounds. In 1915, de Martel met Harvey Cushing at the American Hospital in Neuilly, where de Martel was appointed chief surgeon in 1916. In 1917, he published with the French neurologist Charles Chatelin a book (Blessures du crâne et du cerveau. Clinique et traitement) with the aim to optimize the practice of wartime brain surgery. This book, which included the results of more than 5000 soldiers with head injuries, was considered the most important ever written on war neurology at that time and was translated into English in 1918 (Wounds of the Skull and Brain; Their Clinical Forms and Medical and Surgical Treatment). In this book, de Martel detailed the fundamentals of skull injuries, classified the various craniocerebral lesions, recommended exploratory craniectomy for cranioencephalic injuries, recommended the removal of metal projectiles from the brain using a magnetic nail, and advocated for the prevention of infectious complications. Between the World Wars, de Martel undertook several developments for neurosurgery in France alongside neurologists Joseph Babinski and Clovis Vincent. Following France's entry into World War II on September 3, 1939, de Martel took over as head of the services of the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly. He updated his work on war surgery with the new cases he personally treated. Together with Vincent, de Martel presented his new approach in "Le traitement des blessures du crâne pendant les opérations militaires" ("The treatment of skull injuries during military operations") on January 30, 1940, and published his own surgical results in April 1940 in "Plan d'un travail sur le traitement des plaies cranio-cérébrales de guerre" ("Work Plan on the Treatment of Cranio-Cerebral Wounds of War"), intended for battlefield surgeons. On June 14, 1940, the day German troops entered Paris, de Martel injected himself with a lethal dose of phenobarbital. Thierry de Martel played a central role in establishing modern neurosurgery in France. His patriotism led him to improve the management of wartime cranioencephalic injuries using his own experience acquired during World Wars I and II.

Typhus Disease in Iran during the Qajar Period (1725 to 1925 AD); a Brief Historical Review.

Typhus is an acute febrile disease caused by a series of bacteria called Rickettsia that is transmitted by insects such as lice, fleas, and ticks. This disease has appeared several times in Iran and caused many casualties. There were some therapeutic measures taken by European physicians in Tehran and medical graduates of the Dar al-Fonun school or expatriates who had studied medical courses in Western countries, even though the taken steps were not enough. Due to the lack of sanitation and cleaning products after the outbreak of World War I in March 1917 and its synchronization with the swift outbreak of Typhus in 1918, heavy casualties followed. In this study, we first examine the prevalence of Typhus in the Qajar dynasty in Iran, and will then focus on the pathological importance of this disease history in Iran. After that, we will study the role of Typhus prevalence and World War I in the Persian famine, malnutrition, and food poverty. Moreover, we investigated the role that this great war had in strengthening the spread of this disease and its role in the death of many Iranian people.

The First Eastern General Hospital (1914-1919) of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Cambridge.

The First Eastern General Hospital (1914-1919) from its inception at the Leys School, its growth and establishment at Trinity College Cambridge and then its further move to the cricket grounds of King's College and Clare College (now the site of the University Library), exemplifies the determination and desire of Cambridge University to contribute to the humanitarian effort during World War I. It is also a prime example of the sheer sacrifice and altruism of the medical profession across its ranks to offer its services in times of need. From its day of mobilisation on 5 August and its first patient admission on 16 August 1914 through 30 June 1918, the last month for which hospital data exist, the First Eastern General Hospital admitted 62,664 patients from Home, Expeditionary, Belgian and Mediterranean Forces. In the last month alone, it admitted more than 2000 personnel. By its closure, there were only 437 deaths, a mortality rate of 0.69 per cent. It paved the way for Auxiliary Hospitals to which 2500 of its patients were transferred. Both Barnwell and Cherry Hinton Military Hospitals, set up to care for venereal disease patients, sprang from the First Eastern General and followed its organisation and staff arrangements after the parent closed.

Spanish Flu and the End of World War I in Southern Iran from 1917-1920.

The Spanish Flu was one of the disasters in the history of Iran, especially Southern Iran, which led to the death of a significant number of people in Iran. It started on October 29, 1917, and lasted till 1920 - a disaster that we can claim changed the history. In one of the First World War battlefields in southern Iran in 1918, there was nothing left until the end of World War I and when the battle between Iranian warriors (especially people of Dashtestan and Tangestan in Bushehr, Arabs, and people of Bakhtiari in Khuzestan and people of Kazerun and Qashqai in Fars) and British forces had reached its peak. As each second encouraged the triumph for the Iranians, a flu outbreak among Iranian warriors led to many deaths and, as a result, military withdrawal. The flu outbreak in Kazerun, Firoozabad, Farshband, Abadeh, and even in Shiraz changed the end of the war. In this article, we attempt to discuss the role of the Spanish flu outbreak at the end of one of the forefronts of World War I.

"The Hardest Part is What to Leave Behind ": Trauma, Medicine, and the Common Goals of Winnie the Pooh and The Story of Dr. Dolittle Abstract.

On an initial read, neither A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh Adventures or Hugh Lofting's The Story of Dr. Dolittle come across as literature written about trauma, and yet both stories derived from authors who were at the front lines of World War I and who put their war experiences into their stories. Evoking nostalgia and drawing on simple lore, both of these works continue to touch the human psyche. Both writers reinvented the way we see trauma and pain, whilst advocating for broader access to holistic healthcare. This, in turn, has impacted our relationship with trauma texts and healthcare forever.

Historical overview of the German military cemeteries from the First World War in Flanders.

This article gives a historical overview of the German military graves of the First World War in Flanders from 1914 until the present. During this time frame, German war graves have been under control of different authorities: the German Army (1914-1918); the Belgian war graves service (1919-1926); the Amtliche Deutsche Gräberdienst (1926-1940); the German Wehrmacht (1940-1944); several organisations under the authority of the Belgian state (1944-1953); and latterly the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (since 1954). Each of the authorities had its own views and consequently have marked the cemeteries, which were gradually and significantly reduced in number over the years, with their particular stamp. Today, the remaining four German military cemeteries in West Flanders have been recognized as heritage sites, ensuring their long term care and preservation.

The Impact of a Six-Year Climate Anomaly on the "Spanish Flu" Pandemic and WWI.

The H1N1 "Spanish influenza" pandemic of 1918-1919 caused the highest known number of deaths recorded for a single pandemic in human history. Several theories have been offered to explain the virulence and spread of the disease, but the environmental context remains underexamined. In this study, we present a new environmental record from a European, Alpine ice core, showing a significant climate anomaly that affected the continent from 1914 to 1919. Incessant torrential rain and declining temperatures increased casualties in the battlefields of World War I (WWI), setting the stage for the spread of the pandemic at the end of the conflict. Multiple independent records of temperature, precipitation, and mortality corroborate these findings.

Social and institutional Reactions to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20.

This essay challenges generalizations since the late enlightenment about the effects of epidemics and pandemics on collective mentalities: that from antiquity to the present, epidemics, regardless of the disease, have sparked distrust, social violence, and the blaming of others. By contrast, the pandemic that killed the greatest numbers in world history-the Influenza of 1918-20 - was a pandemic of compassion. No one has yet to uncover this pandemic sparking collective violence or blaming any minorities for spreading the disease anywhere in the globe. The essay then explores the variety of charitable reactions and abnegation that cut across social divisions in communities from theatres of war in Europe to nations thousands of miles from the direct military encounters. Most remarkable, however, was the overflowing volunteerism of women, especially in the US, Canada, and Australia. To explain this widespread charitable reaction, the essay investigates the milieu of the First World War, showing how that context in domestic war settings was not conducive to risking life to aid total strangers, especially when those strangers came from different foreign countries classes, races, or religious faiths. I end with a reflection on the unfolding socio-psychological reactions to Covid-19 from the perspective of 1918-20.

Performing Black British memory: Kat François's spoken-word show Raising Lazarus as embodied auto/biography.

Since the 1990s, Black British poets have been at the forefront of developing the "one-person poetry show" or spoken-word play, an apt format for negotiating diasporic history and cultural memory in a public arena. The focus of this article is Kat François's one-woman show Raising Lazarus (2009/2016), which stages the poet's own quest for information about her Grenadian relative Lazarus François, a World War I soldier. A media-specific analysis explores how François's text is semantically enriched when translated into a live performance. The authenticity effect typically produced in spoken-word poetry through the unity of author and performer is compounded in Raising Lazarus by textual and paratextual keys that frame François's show as embodied auto/biography. Merging life writing, monodrama, and spoken-word poetry, Raising Lazarus reveals the one-person show to be an effective and popular medium for Black British poets to articulate personal experience and negotiate collective identities through performance.

The Italian mobile surgical units in the Great War: the modernity of the past.

Medical services in WWI had to face enormous new problems: masses of wounded, most with devastating wounds from artillery splinters, often involving body cavities, and always contaminated. Tetanus, gas gangrene, wound infections were common and often fatal. Abdominal wounds were especially a problem: upon entering the war the commanders of all medical services ordered to avoid surgery, based on dismal experiences of previous wars. Surgical community divided into non-operative and operative treatment supporters. The problem seemed mainly organizational, as the wounded were rescued after many hours and treated by non-specialist doctors, in inadequate frontline settings or evacuated back with further delay of treatment. During initial neutrality, Italian Academics closely followed the debate, with different positions. Many courses and publications on war surgery flourished. Among the interventionists, Baldo Rossi, to provide a setting adequate to major operations close to the frontline, with trained surgeons and adequate instruments, realized for the Milano Red Cross three fully equipped, mobile surgical hospitals mounted on trucks, with an operating cabin-tent, with warming, illumination and sterilizing devices, post-operative tents and a radiological unit. Chiefs of the army approved the project and implemented seven similar units, called army surgical ambulances, each run by a distinguished surgeon. Epic history and challenges of the mobile units at the frontline, brilliant results achieved on war wounds and epidemics are described. After the war they were considered among the most significant novelties of military medical services. Parallels with present scenarios in war and peace are outlined.