Sarazin Jacques
Hist Sci Med. 2002 Apr-Jun;36(2):133-45.
The battle of Verdun began February the 21st and finished 1916 December the 16th. Medical officers were closely involved in this battle and particularly the French physicians and surgeons due to rapid rotations of their unities. The time for organising the medical corps was short. Testimonies of medical officers were limited in comparison with other type of soldiers and most of them were included in diaries edited until now. In addition to get back, treat the wounded soldiers then evacuate them to adequate medical unity, the medical officers had to solve the problem of thirst and the treatment of water: the so called technique: verdunisation. In addition, new pathologies occurred such as frozen feet, chemical wounds. Medical officers of the rear had to treat a huge amount of wounded men: 216, 337 men excluded those wounded by gas. A thousand of medical officers died during the First World War. During the first four months of the battle of Verdun, 33 doctors were killed, 13 disappeared and 86 were wounded. The battle of Verdun was for all the medical corps a fierce experiment.
凡尔登战役于2月21日打响，至1916年12月16日结束。军医们深度参与了这场战役，尤其是法国的内科医生和外科医生，因为他们的部队轮换频繁。组建医疗队的时间很紧迫。与其他类型的士兵相比，军医们的记录有限，而且其中大部分都收录在迄今编辑的日记中。除了找回、治疗伤员并将他们转移到合适的医疗单位外，军医们还必须解决口渴问题和水的处理问题：即所谓的“凡尔登化”技术。此外，还出现了新的病症，如冻伤、化学伤。后方的军医们不得不治疗大量伤员：216,337人，这还不包括那些被毒气致伤的人。在第一次世界大战期间，有一千名军医牺牲。在凡尔登战役的前四个月里，有33名医生阵亡，13人失踪，86人受伤。对所有医疗队来说，凡尔登战役都是一场严峻的考验。
