D 114.7:M46/3 -^L>r^''^'- The Medical Departm?r.t: The Medical Department: Medical Service in the pean Theater J' L% Operation ^ DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT BOSTON PUBUC UBRARY ^ Graham A. Cosmas and f••>n) ^S'^-,V MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS SUPERINTENOiKfr oroocITMENT?! DEPOStTORy APR 6 1992 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY fGOVERNMENT OOCUf^lENISpEPARTMENT GOVERrvlMENT DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT BOSTON PUBUC UBRARY TheMan Withouta Gun UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II The Technical Services THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS by Graham A. Cosmas and AlbertE. Cowdrey CENTER OFMILITARYHISTORY UNITED STATESARMY WASHINGTON, D.a, 1992 — Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cosmas, Graham A. The medical department: medical service in the European theater ofop- erations / by Graham A. Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey. — p. cm. (United States Army in World War II. The technical services) Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. 1. Worl—d War, 1939—-1945—Medical care—United States. 2. W^orld War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western. I. Cowdrey, Albert E. II. Title. III. Series: United States Army in World—War II. T—echnical services. — [DNLM: 1. Military Medicine history Europe. 2. War history Europe.] D806.U6C67 1991 940.54"7573—dc20 DLC for Library ofCongress 90-2452 CIP CMH First Printing— Pub 10-23 For sale by the Superintendent ofDocuments, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II Advisory Committee (As of8 August 1990) Edward M. Coffman Ernest R. May University of Wisconsin Harvard University Martin Blumenson David B. Miller, Esq. Washington, D.C. Scranton, Pa. Brig. Gen. William M. Boice Brig. Gen. John E. Miller U.S. Army War College U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Galloway, Jr. Maj. Gen. James W. van Loben Sels U.S. Military Academy U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Herman M. Hattaway William A. Walker U.S. Military Academy Archivist of the Army James M. McPherson Russell F. Weigley Princeton University Temple University U.S. Army Center ofMilitary History Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson, Chief of Military History Chief Historian Jeffrey Clarke J. Chief, Histories Division Col. Robert H. Sholly Editor in Chief John W. Elsberg To Those Who Served