大象传媒

The conflicting opinions of the impact of the First World War on medicine. The 'official' government view against the experiences of the medics on the Front Line is considered. Through dramatisation and contemporary sources, we see the government publicise the medical improvements made because of the war, particularly for surgeons whose methods and skills developed. However, doctors on the Front Line saw things quite differently - very few casualties made it to the surgical hospitals 20 miles behind lines. It is suggested that surgery moved 'backwards' from conservative surgery to amputation, but the War Office needed to keep up morale, and so they hid these accounts.