Gas gangrene: A study of 96 cases treated in an evacuation hospital
FH LANGLEY, LB WINKELSTEIN - Journal of the American …, 1945 - jamanetwork.com
The high incidence of gas gangrene infection in modern warfare and the difficulties
encountered in the treatment and cureof the disease have been and still constitute a major
medical problem. It has been estimated that the incidence of gas gangrene in the African
campaigns of 1942 and 1943 was as high as that encountered in France during the world
war of 1914-1918. Although these anaerobic infections were not especially common in the
Tunisian campaign (2 to 7 cases per thousand wounded) they were definitely more …
encountered in the treatment and cureof the disease have been and still constitute a major
medical problem. It has been estimated that the incidence of gas gangrene in the African
campaigns of 1942 and 1943 was as high as that encountered in France during the world
war of 1914-1918. Although these anaerobic infections were not especially common in the
Tunisian campaign (2 to 7 cases per thousand wounded) they were definitely more …