Acknowledgements

 

This project was supported by a short-term research fellowship in the history of medicine from the Wellcome Trust. I am grateful to Lt Col AN Williams RAMC for his support in developing this paper and I am also extremely grateful to Capt (Ret'd) P Starling and the staff of the ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES Museum for their support.

 

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