THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF MILITARY MEDICINE (24) SUNY ADK, 696 Route 9, Gansevoort, 12831, Room 207

Tuesdays, 9:30 – 11am, Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24. March 3

As a retired surgeon and US Navy flight surgeon, I have accumulated considerable knowledge and experience in surgical practice, the history of medicine, and military history. I am completing a book on the history of military medicine. The synthesis of topics in this narrative includes discussing medicine and surgery, and its history as it relates to military history—a story of compassion shown by the few in the presence of neither by the many. Let me share that story with you as we travel from ancient Egypt and Rome to the Gulf Wars and plains of Ukraine.

Printed handouts will be provided

1.Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Greece: Early Medicine, Dawn of Warfare

2.Rome and Byzantium; Islam: Rational Medicine, Military Medical Corps

3.The Early, High Middle Ages, and Renaissance: The Gunpowder Age, Rise of Anatomy

4.The Early Modern to the 19th century Scientific Revolution: Biological Sciences, Anesthesia, Antisepsis

5. The 20^th Century: The World Wars, A Higher Level of Killing, Aviation and Hyperbaric Medicine

6. The 21^st Century: New Wars, New Advances and Challenges

Leader: Dr. Gerald Stulc is a retired physician and surgeon, Chair of the A.L.L. Board of Directors, long-time teacher at A.L.L. with extensive experience in the medical issues of health, history, and aging.