World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII) both presented physicians with challenges unseen before in history. New inventions such as the machine gun and poisonous gas in WWI and the massive aircraft battles in WWII required physicians and surgeons to adapt and innovate to provide the best care and preventative measures for service members. One physician, Malcolm Cummings Grow, distinguished himself as an innovator, a researcher, and a leader. His contributions to the field of military medicine, flight surgery, and medical administration led to countless lives being saved during the two World Wars and laid the groundwork for many different combat protective equipment still in use today.
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References
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Malcolm Cummings Grow Biography Folder, Thomas Jefferson University Archives.
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GrowM.C.Surgeon Grow: An American in the Russian Fighting.New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918.
