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Containing trauma : nursing work in the First World War Cover Image Book Book

Containing trauma : nursing work in the First World War / Christine E. Hallett.

Hallett, Christine E. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780719079580
  • ISBN: 0719079586
  • Physical Description: xviii, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Manchester, UK ; Manchester University Press ; 2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Military nursing > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female.

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List of illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
List of abbreviations xviii
1 Introduction: 'Containing Trauma': First World War nurses' personal writings 1
Nursing the modern world
1
The first industrial war
3
War nursing
6
Women's writings on the First World War
9
Nurses' personal writings
10
Journey through care
15
2 Containing physical trauma on the Western Front 27
Introduction
27
Controlling shock and containing life in the aftermath of injury
28
Holding body and soul together: haemorrhage and its control
35
Protecting and healing the physical wound
39
Handling pus and gore: the prevention and containment of sepsis
49
Controlling the traumatic effects of toxic gas
59
Containing the process of dying
64
Conclusion: 'the most beautiful place in the world'
68
3 Relief and restoration: rebuilding the physical self 84
Introduction
84
Preserving the body from environmental harm and infection
85
Using trauma to relieve trauma: surgery and its consequences
92
Symptom control: handling pain, restoring comfort
101
Containing energy and restoring life
106
Containing and rehabilitating the physical body
114
Conclusion: the balance of life and health
118
4 Nursing in 'far flung places' 127
Introduction
127
Containing injury and disease in hostile zones
127
Sustaining life close to the battle lines
134
Healing wounds in a world of extremes
138
Containing and eradicating infectious diseases
140
Conclusion: heat, cold, dust, mud and flies
148
5 Emotional containment 155
Introduction
155
Protecting the psyche: being with the suffering
159
Containing the horrors of war: witnessing and restoring
166
Composing damaged minds: shell shock and its containment
169
Containing the consequences of trauma: protecting damaged and undamaged minds
173
Representing home and normality
177
Spiritual containment
182
Conclusion: 'those blissful hours after a hell-ish time'
185
6 Self-containment 194
Introduction
194
The physical and emotional presence of the nurse
194
Nursing training and nursing skills
198
The emotional and moral condition of the nurse
201
What had to be contained
205
When the self could not be contained
214
Conclusion: the First World War nurse as 'invincible healer'
217
7 Conclusion: First World War nurses as 'containers of trauma' 224
References 230
Manuscript sources
230
Oral history interviews
235
Published works
236
Internet sources
251
Index 253

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