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[[File:Der_Verwundete_Mann.jpg|thumb|An illustration showing a variety of wounds from the ''Feldbuch der Wundarznei'' (Field manual for the treatment of wounds) by Hans von Gersdorff, (1517); illustration by Hans Wechtlin.]]'''Battlefield medicine''', also called '''field surgery''' and later '''combat casualty care''', is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat.

Civilian medicine has been greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat.

With the advent of advanced procedures and medical technology, even polytrauma can be survivable in modern wars.

Battlefield medicine is a category of military medicine.

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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Asclepius Myrmidon]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[War (nonfiction)]]

External links:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_medicine Battlefield medicine] @ Wikipedia
* [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=5nJASqq4jSsC&source=productsearch&utm_source=HA_Desktop_US&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=PLA&pcampaignid=MKTAD0930BO1&gclid=CNCT7b38s9ECFaZEMgodoMUOWA&gclsrc=ds&dclid=CPPV8r78s9ECFY53AQod80IGkQ Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahar's Military Hospital]
* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/long-walk-through-war-klaus-h-huebner/1114479704?ean=9781585440238&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP62465#productInfoTabs Long Walk Through War: A Combat Doctor's Diary]
* [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oSKaadyV2PwC&source=productsearch&utm_source=HA_Desktop_US&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=PLA&pcampaignid=MKTAD0930BO1&gclid=CJDck8z8s9ECFSQgMgod3QoGsQ&gclsrc=ds&dclid=CPzGm8z8s9ECFcccPwodfU8Kow Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq]
* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-hell-froze-over-william-shadish/1117055520?ean=9780595707584&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP62464 When Hell Froze Over: The Memoir of a Korean War Combat Physician Who Spent 1010 Days in a Communist Prison Camp]
* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/battle-ready-mark-l-donald/1110898683?type=eBook Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic]
* [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/4375  "Medic": The Mission of an American Military Doctor in Occupied Japan and Wartorn Korea (review)]
* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/wyeth/wyeth.html With Sabre and Scalpel; The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon]


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