Vintage 1950 TM 8-230 Medical And Surgical Technicians Army Manual Softcover
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Vintage 1950 TM 8-230 Medical And Surgical Technicians Army Manual Softcover. Title: TM 8-230 Medical and Surgical Technicians. Author: Department of the Army. Format: Vintage August 1950 U.S. Army technical manual in tan softcover wraps. Publisher: United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; prepared and issued by the Department of the Army. Publication date: August 1950, designated as Department of the Army Technical Manual TM 8-230 for the information and guidance of medical and surgical technicians. Subject/Topic: Military medicine and surgery, providing instructional material and reference guidance for medical and surgical technicians in the United States Army. Table of contents highlights: Chapter I, Anatomy and Physiology (introductory statement, skeletal system, muscular system, joints, circulatory and lymphatic systems, digestive and respiratory systems, endocrine and nervous systems, sense organs, urinary and reproductive systems, metabolism); Chapter II, Emergency Medical Treatment (wounds, inflammation and wound healing, emergency treatment of wounds, hemorrhage, shock, fractures and dislocations, burns, frostbite and heat injuries, poisons, obstetrics and related topics); Chapter III, Pharmacology and Materia Medica (general action of drugs, forms and dosage, methods of administration, common medications, treatment of infection, mathematics and measurements); Chapter IV, Dispensary Procedures (sick call, sick call procedures, dispensary pharmacy and records). Illustrations: Illustrated throughout with black-and-white anatomical diagrams, charts, and clinical photographs showing bones and joints, medical equipment such as syringes and urinals, nursing procedures, and bacteriology figures. Military context: Official U.S. Army training manual from the post–World War II and early Cold War era, intended for use in field units and hospitals by enlisted medical personnel and support staff. Language: English. No ISBN or barcode present, consistent with government technical manuals of this period.
