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Faces From the Fire: The Biography of Sir Archibald McIndoe.

Faces From the Fire: The Biography of Sir Archibald McIndoe. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The statistical tables of death in combat and death from war constitute a macabre reminder, somber quantitations of a legacy of tragedy and sorrow. The impact of such tallies diminishes as time advances, and after a generation the residue of ancient sorrow has been largely but not wholly diluted out. On the other hand, the crippled, those hideously disfigured by burns, amputations, and other wounds, the mained derelicts who survive, constitute a larger tragedy. The residual effect of forsaken hopes and ruined lives blights the individual but has done little to fix in the sometimes feeble memory of man the horrors of his organized misbehavior. In times past the effort at rehabilitation, though vigorous, was at best only partly successful and the peg-legged cripple, the war shocked and disfigured were accepted as part of the scenery of most communities. The advancing mechanization and the increased tempo of warfare in World http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Faces From the Fire: The Biography of Sir Archibald McIndoe.

Bean, William B.
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 112 (5) – Nov 1, 1963
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1963 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9926
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1538-3679
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10.1001/archinte.1963.03860050196054
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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The statistical tables of death in combat and death from war constitute a macabre reminder, somber quantitations of a legacy of tragedy and sorrow. The impact of such tallies diminishes as time advances, and after a generation the residue of ancient sorrow has been largely but not wholly diluted out. On the other hand, the crippled, those hideously disfigured by burns, amputations, and other wounds, the mained derelicts who survive, constitute a larger tragedy. The residual effect of forsaken hopes and ruined lives blights the individual but has done little to fix in the sometimes feeble memory of man the horrors of his organized misbehavior. In times past the effort at rehabilitation, though vigorous, was at best only partly successful and the peg-legged cripple, the war shocked and disfigured were accepted as part of the scenery of most communities. The advancing mechanization and the increased tempo of warfare in World

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Published: Nov 1, 1963

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