Feet for fighting: Locating disability and social medicine in first world war America

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-109

  Linker, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mechanics; Disability; First World War; Flat feet; Military medicine; Orthopaedic surgery; Physical fitness; Public health; Rehabilitation; Social medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549110266     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl082     Document Type: Review

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