CANADIAN FORCES MEDICAL SERVICE: INTRODUCTION TO ITS HISTORY & HERITAGE. SERVICE DE SANTE DES FORCES CANADIENNES: INTRODUCTION A SON HISTOIRE & A SON PATRIMOINE.

Ottawa: Director General Health Service, Canadian Forces Medical Group, 2003. 87 pp (English text), 89 pp (French text), 9" H. B&w and colour illustrations. Bilingual text sections. Contents: Foreword; Origins and Development of the Canadian Forces Medical Service; Medicine on the Battlefield; Vision, Mission, Values - Director General Health Service; Military Medical Ethics; Military Doctrine; The Geneva Conventions: The Laws of Armed Conflict; Military Life: Standards of Conduct; Medical Heritage; Military Traditions; Dress and Deportment; Symbols of Service; Home Station; Doctor and Poet; On the Battlefields of Spain and China; The Father of Aviation Medicine; The Inventor of the Anti-Gravity Flight Suit; The Hospital Orderly; A Colonel Commandant's Story; Prisoners of War in Hong Kong; Recipients of the Victoria Cross; For the Bravest: The Queen's Scarf; What's In a Name?: Annexes: Chronological Highlights; CFMS Military Occupations; Decorations and Degrees; Suggested Reading and Websites. Interior - gift inscription on first page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.