title: From handmaiden to right hand--World War I and advancements in medicine.
abstract: The exigencies created by modern warfare techniques used during World War I led to a number of advancements in the medical field. Authorities had to find new ways to deal with the overwhelming numbers of wounded and the terrible wounds inflicted by modern weapons. New fields of medicine opened up, and nursing expanded as women rushed to help, never expecting the nearly unbearable conditions that they found on the battlefields of the Great War.
authors.forename: Victoria L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Holder
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000266:history; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D047828:World War I