Journal title STORIA IN LOMBARDIA
Author/s Contardo Vergani
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/2
Language Italian Pages 25 P. 84-108 File size 1598 KB
DOI 10.3280/SIL2022-002004
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The article outlines the innovative role of Baldo Rossi, head surgeon at the Ospedale Mag- giore in Milan, in WWI, starting from the pre-war Milanese healthcare context and follow- ing its transformations during the conflict. Rossi was especially interested in the wounded cavities (skull, chest, and abdomen). Abdominal wounds at the beginning of the war were not operated on, due to the extremely high mortality rate. The surgeons divided into absten- tionists and interventionists. Rossi, believing that it was an organizational problem, con- ceived, built and directed the Mobile Surgical Hospitals of the Milanese Red Cross, real surgical clinics transported on trucks, to be installed close to the frontline. Based on his idea, the Military Medical Service created seven similar Army Surgical Ambulances. The results improved enormously, reaching a 38% survival among operated on abdominal pa- tients, with a dragging effect on other field hospitals and important repercussions on peace surgery. The mobile units were one of the most interesting medical innovations of the war.
Keywords: World War I, Baldo Rossi, Milan Ospedale Maggiore (main), Mobile health units, Mobile Surgical Ambulances, Surgery, Military History.
Contardo Vergani, Chirurghi in grigioverde. Baldo Rossi, lo Zonda e gli ospedali chirurgici mobili nella Grande guerra in "STORIA IN LOMBARDIA" 2/2022, pp 84-108, DOI: 10.3280/SIL2022-002004