A Surgeon in Arms

A military surgeon offers candid first-person recollections of frontline life during the Great War, describing trench routines, raids, gas attacks, casualty care, and the logistics of dressing-stations and transport. Anecdotes illustrate camaraderie, fear, and professional strain while chapters examine trench architecture, overland advances, air combat, staff work, and a major assault at Vimy Ridge. Interludes cover leave, Paris under wartime conditions, a château hospital, field cuisine, decorations, and the psychological and ethical challenges of treating wounded soldiers. Practical detail and human observation combine to portray the daily demands on medical personnel amid prolonged industrialized warfare.