DUCCIO VANNI1, PAOLO VANNI2, SIMONE VANNI3
1Assistant Professor of History of Medicine at Università di Firenze (Florence University) - 2Professor Emeritus of Università di Firenze (Florence University), 338 2221331 - 3Director of Emergency Department at Empoli’s Hospital (Empoli - Firenze)
After a brief description of the great war the authors deal with medical assistance, military health activities and the Red Cross. The tragic aspects of a vast medical assistance, yet always insufficient compared to the magnitude of the tragedy, are described.
Battles of the Isonzo, Military Healthcar, Italian Red Cross, Diseases of war, causes of death
10.19193/0393-6384_2018_6_288