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12 novembre 2018
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Therapy Injuries Accidents and injuries Casualties (Statistics, etc.) Human beings--Wounds and injuries Wounds Injuries Trauma, Physical War injuries Hours (Time) Members of the Armed Forces Armed Forces personnel Military personnel Military service members Service members Servicemen, Military Social progress Military history--Historiography Wars Military historiography Infectious diseases Contagion and contagious diseases Microbial diseases in human beings Contagious diseases Zymotic diseases Infectious diseases Weapons, Primitive Arms and armor Weaponry Injuries Common accidents Military history illness mortsCiter ce document
chiayu, « Medical Progress - the Contribution of WWI », Sortir de la guerre (1919-1930), ID : 10.58079/uho8
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During WWI from 1914 to 1918, approximately eight million soldiers were killed, 20 million were retired, and seven million were listed as missing. This is the number of casualties caused by the first war wounds in military history, which is more than the number of deaths and injuries caused by disease and hunger. Partly because the weapons used at the time were more devastating, and the other part was due to advances in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Besides the traum...