Before my helpless sight : suffering, dying and military medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918 / Leo van Bergen ; translated by Liz Waters.

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Main Author: Bergen, Leo van
Other title:Zacht en eervol. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2009.
Series:History of medicine in context.
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