When Britain went to war in 1914, experienced surgeons were shocked at the wounds they saw.
This was a new pathology, the results of industrialised weaponry: high explosive missiles, machine gun bullets, shell fragments and shrapnel. Injuries were also aggravated by infection from the bacterially contaminated farmland soil of the battlefields
This is the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in human history, where around 42,000 were treated in the first week. Captain Starling's lecture will look at the strenuous attempts to improve the situation and developments made as the war progressed and survival rates increased.
Captain Pete Starling recently retired after twenty years as the Curator and then the Director of the Army Medical Services Museum. An experienced historic advisor for film, Pete has worked on productions for over twenty years, including Downton Abbey, Birdsong, No Bananas and Who Do You Think You Are?
If you require more information, please call +44 020 7188 2679, or e-mail oldoperatingtheatre@gmail.com.
Tickets £8.00 adults/£6.00 concessions.
WHERE
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret - 9a Saint Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY.
