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!Salud! - British Volunteers in the Republican Medical Service During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Hardcover, New)
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!Salud! - British Volunteers in the Republican Medical Service During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Hardcover, New)
Series: LSE Studies in Spanish History
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Salud! reviews the enormously valuable contribution of the
volunteers who left Britain to serve with the Republican Medical
Services during the Spanish Civil War. Acknowledgement is given to
the immense effort and self-sacrifice made by men and women from
all walks of life who, working ceaselessly in the rearguard, made
it possible for the medical teams to function in Spain. Such was
the case in Britain where, in spite of the government's official
policy of non-intervention, there was a campaign of fervent support
for the legitimate Republican government. The first British Medical
Unit in Spain had immense political significance for the Spanish
Republic. Barely a month into the start of the civil war and this
small group was the first visible sign of international support. It
would later become part of the Republican Medical Service and,
within that, of the Medical Service of the International Brigades.
Not only did volunteers help to create and to maintain an emergency
medical service, some of the individuals involved were also
responsible for important developments that were of relevance to
later military-medical practice and also to the history of medicine
in general. Medical personnel generally worked in dreadful
conditions, for hours and even days without rest, and with a lack
of equipment and provisions of all kinds. They were mostly young
and inexperienced men and women who suddenly found themselves
thrown together in desperate circumstances, with the task of
salvaging something of life amidst the inhumanity and mayhem. That
they rose to the challenge is, in itself, worthy of tribute.
Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for
Contemporary Spanish.
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