Between Flesh and Steel (59 page)

O'Halloran, Sylvester,
94

Observations on the Diseases of the Army
,
105

Observations on the Diseases of Seamen
,
103

Odyssey,
99

Ohio River,
170

oil of roses,
53

oil of vipers,
75

122mm gun,
23

operating gowns,
139

operating rooms,
180

ophthalmia,
141

opiates,
253

opium,
75
,
78
,
102
,
133
,
167
; pills,
167

Ordnance Department,
154

orthopedics,
173
,
217
; orthopedic surgeon,
259

Ostend, Belgium,
151

Ottoman Turks,
41
,
44
; armies of,
3
; empire of,
96

ox trek wagons,
196

Oxford Philosophical Society of England,
69

oxygen concentrator,
260

P-59 Aircomet,
24

Pacific theater (WW II),
238

pack howitzer,
19

paddlewheels,
16

painted face masks,
218

Pakistan,
246
,
247

palm juice,
75

Panama,
245

panoramic sights,
15

Panzerfaust,
22

paper cartridge,
5
,
73

Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus,
50
,
52

paratyphoid,
227

paratyphus,
250

Paré, Ambroise,
46
,
47
,
50
–53,
77

paregoric,
167

Paris, France,
112
,
134
,
147
; Paris Revolt of 1848,
135

Paris Medical Faculty,
48

Pashtun,
247

Passchendaele, battle of,
217

Pasteur, Louis,
137
,
138
,
176
,
204

Pasteur Institute,
228

pathology,
89

pavilion-style hospital,
173
,
176
,
206

Pavlovna, Elena,
153

pediculosis,
72

penetrating head wounds,
94

penicillin,
230
,
232
,
233

Peninsula campaign,
147
,
169

Peninsular War,
149
,
150
,
152
,
154
,
211

pension system,
176

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan,
246

Pépinière,
115
,
181

percussion cap,
5

Percy, Baron Pierre-François,
135
,
141
–43; Percy's Wurst,
144

periscope,
17

permanent military hospitals,
61

Perpignan, France,
81

Perry, Adm. Matthew,
201

Peter the Great,
69
,
115
,
116

Petersburg Admiralty Hospital,
117

Petit, Jean-Louis,
53
,
78

pharmacist,
247

Pharmacopoeia for Use of Army Hospitals
,
122

Philippine Insurrection,
32

physician's assistant,
247

Physick, Philip,
136

physiological chemistry,
66
,
67

pickling solution,
100

PIE (proximity, immediacy, and expectancy),
215

pike,
3
,
10
; pikemen,
4
,
6

Pirogov, Nikolai Ivanovich,
153
,
160
,
161

pistol,
48

plague,
24
,
219
,
250

Plague Commission,
200

Plain, Concise Practical Remarks on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures
,
121

plasma,
230
,
258

plaster of Paris,
161
,
167

plastic surgery,
174
,
218

platelets,
258

Plymouth colony,
122

pneumonia,
96
,
227
,
250

pocket compendiums of anatomy,
46

Pope, Elijah,
134

Pope Julius II,
50

Port Arthur,
211
,
212
; siege of,
202
,
203

portable firearms,
4

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
261

postmortem investigation,
89

Postnikoff, Peter V.,
69

postoperative infection,
138

potable water,
115
,
212

potassium permanganate,
167

Pott, Percival,
94

Pouteau, Claude,
94

powdered mummy's flesh,
74

powdered sandalwood,
75

Prague, Czeck Repblic,
70

Pravaz, Charles,
136

precision-guided munitions,
266
,
267

pressure dressing,
166

pressure sponges,
93

preventive medicine teams,
251

Priestley, Joseph,
133

primary amputation,
135
,
142
,
151
,
176

Principia Mathematica
,
65

principle of expectancy,
215

principle of forward treatment,
213

principle of immediacy,
215

principle of proximity,
213
,
215

Principles of General Military Field Surgery
,
161

Pringle, John,
94
,
95
,
105

printing press,
45

professional armies,
10

professional medical journals,
69

Progress in Medicine
,
69

prosthesis,
77
,
102
,
135

prosthetic limbs,
217
,
261

Protectorate,
81

Protestant Reformation,
43

Prussia,
79
,
82
,
89
,
91
,
95
,
97
,
112
,
113
,
150

Prussian Army,
83
,
113
,
182
; medical service,
113
; military medicine,
115

Prussian Dreyse needlegun,
13

psychiatric: casualties,
177
,
212
,
215
,
225
; debilitation,
179
; examinations,
225
; hospital,
214
; screening,
178
,
179

Psychiatric Institute,
260

psychiatrists,
213

psychologists,
213

psychosis,
178

public sanitation,
133

Puli-Khumri, Afghanistan,
248

pumpkins,
101

Purmann, Matthaeus,
72

pus,
74
,
77

putrefaction,
137

putrid fever,
96

Pyhrric victory,
269

quarantine,
101
,
103
,
204

Queen Victoria,
135

Queen Elizabeth I,
59

quinine,
103
,
136
,
167
,
175

quinquereme,
99

radar,
24
; detectors,
23
; transceiver,
23

radio communication,
18

rag and bottle method,
134

Raglan, Lord,
154

railways,
13
,
174
,
170
; corps,
183
; officers,
14

rain worm oil,
75

Ramillies, France,
92

Ramon, Gaston,
228

rations,
92

Ravaton, Hughes,
78
,
95
,
105

rear hospitals,
107
,
183

recoil mechanisms,
12

Recommendations of Inoculation According to Baron Dimsdale's Methods
,
122

reconstructive surgery,
218

red cells,
258
,
260

Red Army,
21

Red Cross,
159
,
171
,
175
,
201
,
205

Red Rover
, USS,
171

Reed, Walter,
137

regimental aid stations,
159

regimental collecting stations,
233

regimental hospital,
108
,
111
,
151
,
162
,
171

regimental surgeons,
107
,
108
,
111
,
113
,
116
,
118
,
205

regular medical examinations,
91

regulation uniforms,
100

Regulations for the Order and Discipline of Troops of the U.S.
,
122

remittent typhoid fever,
95
,
220

Renaissance,
41
,
42
,
45
,
68
,
71
,
73
,
74
,
82
,
83
,
90
; armies of,
54
–58; medical challenges,
41
–46,
48
–53; reappearance of military surgeon,
46
–48; medicine in renaissance armies,
53
–61

renal insufficiency,
235

Renault FT tank,
20

respiration,
67

respiratory illness,
95

Restoration,
71
,
157

retractors,
216

Reval, Estonia,
117

Revolution of 1848,
157

Revolutionary War,
36
,
121
,
122

revolving turret,
20
,
22

Reyer, K. K.,
142

rheumatism,
100
,
250

rheumatologist,
249

rhubarb,
75

Richmond, Virginia,
173

rifled breech loading artillery,
12
,
15

rifled cannon,
6
,
8

rifleman,
4
,
5

rifling,
6
,
12

Rio Grande River,
175

Robespierre, Maximilien,
140

rocket artillery,
23

Roentgen, Konrad,
199

Romans,
76

Romanov Dynasty,
69

Roman Army,
58

Roman ballista,
8

Roman Empire,
2
,
132

Roman medicine,
44
; medical texts,
44
; medical service,
51

Roman notion of preventive medicine,
59

Roman Navy,
99

Rome, Italy,
3
,
44
,
69
,
268

Kronstadt naval base, Russia,
117

Röntgen, Wilhelm,
136

Roussel, J.
217
; “transfuseur” apparatus,
217

Royal Army Medical Corps,
157

Royal College of Surgeons of London,
134

Royal Society of London,
69

Royal Styptic,
77

RPG,
247

rubber bulb syringe,
217

rubber gloves,
139
,
209

rubberized taffeta,
143

Rush, Benjamin,
122

Russell, Maj. Frederick F.,
200

Russia,
20
,
42
,
69
,
89
,
115
,
117
,
132
,
180
,
202
,
215
,
222
; army of,
152
,
153
,
160
,
212
,
213
,
214
,
220
; imperial army,
202
,
203
; military medicine,
69

Russian Fourteenth Army,
253

Russian Ministry of Defense,
254

Russian Red Cross,
213

Russo-Japanese War,
15
,
117
,
177
,
194
,
201
–10,
213
–16,
251

Russo-Turkish War,
15
,
142

saber,
4

sabot round,
22

Salmon, Thomas,
227

salmonella,
251

salted meat,
101

Sanctorius, Santorio,
67

sand filtration,
201

sanitary disease hospitals,
195

sanitary detachments,
206
,
223

sanitary regulations,
154
,
199

sanitary sections,
228

sanitäts kompanie
,
231

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
148

Sarajevo, Bosnia,
19
,
185

Sardinian contingent,
152

sarissae
,
2

Sasebo, Japan,
206

sassafras,
75

satellite communications,
28