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The Canadian Army Medical Corps affair of 1916 and Surgeon General Guy Carleton Jones

Author(s) -

Maj-Gen Jean-Robert Bernier,

Vivian C. McAlister

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.003818

Subject(s) - medicine , prime minister , surgeon general , service (business) , status quo , management , law , politics , nursing , public health , economy , political science , economics

The rapid expansion of military medical service in the First World War, successfully completed under the direction of Surgeon General Guy Carleton Jones, remains an extraordinary achievement in Canada's history. In 1916, a conflict of personalities threatened confidence in the service. Eventually Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden's intervention restored the status quo, but the affair eclipsed Jones's outstanding career.

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