title: A fearsome enemy (1); A history of sanitation in the British Army 1899-1914.
abstract: The Boer War acted as a catalyst for military reform, including reform of the Army Medical Services (AMS). The subsequent medical debate was centred on the value of sanitation as a provision for war. This article looks at the forces, political, military and economic, that propelled the provision of sanitation to a prominent position in the reforms of the army, and the effect this had on the status and role of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D012499:Sanitation; D013019:South Africa; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare