Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Gemma Bowsher

  • Facing fire: Burns and visibility in the two World Wars

    Gemma BowsherLondon, UK The two World Wars that occupied the first half of the twentieth century are exceptional events primarily because of their immense loss of life made possible by new technical “advances.” This paper, however, is preoccupied with those who were forced to endure life beyond war, the soldiers and civilians who returned to…