Josef Hammar (1868-1927) - a Swedish physician in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

This article argues that his participation was for both idealistic and pragmatic reasons. Further, it presents new sources for understanding the day-to-day work in military medicine in the Boer war from an outside perspective and discusses the issue of medical neutrality in a conflict that has been called the rehearsal for the First World War.
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - Category: History of Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research