| Autor: |
DIAMANTIS, Aristidis, BISSIAS, Christos, PETROGIANNIS, Nikolaos, MAGIORKINIS, Emmanouil |
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Balkan Military Medical Review; 2013 Supplement, Vol. 16, p250-251, 2p |
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PURPOSE: To investigate the health conditions in the Greek Army during the Balkan wars. MATERĠAL and METHODs: The research for this study was based on medical writings, articles and reports published during and after the end of Balkan Wars. RESULTS: The health of the Greek Army was relatively good on both fronts during the war, apart from an epidemic of typhoid fever that broke out in Kastoria in December 1912, followed one month later by meningitis in the same region and isolated cases of malaria and gastroenteritis. The typhus epidemic that struck the Turkish Army during the capture of Ioannina in February 1913 did not spread to the Greek forces thanks to preventive measures being taken in good time. It is worth noting the early action of the medical personnel at the end of April 1913, when cases of typhus occurred during the transfer of 1125 sick and wounded Serbs from Durazzo to Thessaloniki on the hospital ship “Albania” and the steamship “Petersburg”. The strict hygiene measures that were imposed averted the risk of an epidemic, limiting the death toll to five at sea and another ten who died later in the military hospitals of Thessaloniki, where they were evacuated. Frostbite, which has been a problem for Military Medicine since ancient times, also occupied the Medical Service during the cold winter of 1912-1913. Although only 580 cases were recorded (those that were evacuated to hospitals), unofficial accounts give a much higher figure, since in many units of the “Field Army of Epirus” it put about a third of the men out of action. CONCLUSĠON: The standards of health in the Greek army during the Balkan Wars were extremely high. Various epidemics plagued the Greek army and were successfully controlled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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