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The Irish Medical Profession and the First World War

Part of the Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17959-5

ISBN: 978-3-030-17958-8

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Apr 27, 2019

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Chapter 1Introduction

Durnin, David

Pages: 1 –19

[The introduction provides a concise exploration of the history of Irish medical involvement in the British Army prior to the outbreak of the First World War. In doing so, this section offers important contextual information which demonstrates that Irish medical involvement in the British Army...
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Chapter 2Recruitment and Irish Medical Personnel, 1914–1918

Durnin, David

Pages: 21 –45

[This chapter examines the enlistment of Irish doctors into the British Army medical services from 1914 to 1918. This chapter provides the first statistical analysis of Irish doctors’ enlistment trends and explores how medical recruitment was managed in Ireland. In doing so, this chapter provides...
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Chapter 3Irish Medical Personnel: Motivations and Wartime Experiences, 1914–1918

Durnin, David

Pages: 47 –92

[This chapter interrogates Irish medics’ motivations for participating in the First World War. Using a vast array of source material and statistical analysis, Durnin examines the socio-economic profile of the Irish medical recruit to provide further insight into the motivations behind their...
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Chapter 4The First World War and Hospitals in Ireland, 1914–1918

Durnin, David

Pages: 93 –149

[From 1914 to 1918, the Royal Army Medical Corps’ casualty evacuation system extended beyond the national borders that enclosed the battlefields of the Eastern and Western Fronts. Casualties were evacuated from ports near the frontlines to Britain by specially designed hospital ships and then...
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Chapter 5British Army Medical Personnel in Post-war Ireland, 1918–1925

Durnin, David

Pages: 151 –180

[On 11 November 1918, the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Compiegne signalling the end of hostilities in Western Europe. This chapter examines the process of medical demobilisation and the return of Irish doctors in the British Army to medical services in Ireland. The careers of Irish...
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Chapter 6The Impact of the First World War on Irish Hospitals, 1918–1925

Durnin, David

Pages: 181 –208

[This chapter explores the restructuring of hospital services for ex-servicemen in the years after the Armistice. In 1919 the War Office sought to reduce expenditure on medical services and instructed the Royal Army Medical Corps to decrease the number of hospital beds for soldiers in Ireland and...
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Chapter 7Conclusions

Durnin, David

Pages: 209 –213

[This chapter considers the answers to some of the key questions posed throughout the study: in a time of increasing hostility towards Britain among Irish nationalists, why did Ireland’s medical personnel join the British Army medical services? In the face of increasing staff shortages and...

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