The value of war for medicine: questions and considerations concerning an often endorsed proposition.

摘要: This paper examines the relationship, often claimed as beneficial, between war and advances in medicine surgery. Some of conflicting opinions that have been expressed are discussed. Military general is conservative non-innovative. medical indeed originated war, but many other efforts were failures forgotten. The application others limited to their particular time place, while some would made sooner or later any case. In additon, basic objective military maintain strength fighting force rather than help individual, doctors involved developing means destruction.