FM 21-10: Basic Field Manual Military Sanitation and First Aid

FM 21-10 Basic Field Manual Military Sanitation and First Aid

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FM 21-10

Basic Field Manual Military Sanitation and First Aid

Army · FM · Jan 1940 · 197 pages

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FM 21-10 BASIC FIELD MANUAL MILITARY SANITATION AND FIRST AID (The matter contained herein supersedes BFM, Vol. I, ch. 2, April 28, 1936.) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Paragraphs SECTION I. General 1-4 II. Responsibility for -5-6 SECTION I GENERAL 1. GENERAL.-a. Military sanitation comprises the application in the military service of practical measures for the preservation of health and the prevention and control of disease. Its primary purpose is to maintain the maximum effective strength of the military personnel. In most wars of the past the loss of military manpower from disease has far exceeded battle casualties, but with the intelligent enforcement of modern sanitary measures losses from disease in recent wars have been greatly reduced.

DesignationFM 21-10

EditionJan 1940

StatusSuperseded

Pages197

FunctionMedical TCCC

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 5

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