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- Dr Doug Jolly pioneered mobile emergency surgery during the Spanish Civil War. He is described by US medical historian David Adamas as ‘one of the most notable war surgeons of the 20th century’.
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Jun 4, 2020 · David Lowe and Mark Derby write about Douglas Jolly, the New Zealand surgeon who served in the International Brigades. They explain why he went to Spain and recognise his contribution to the progress of battlefield surgery as a discipline.
Dr Doug Jolly pioneered mobile emergency surgery during the Spanish Civil War. He is described by US medical historian David Adamas as ‘one of the most notable war surgeons of the 20th century’.
Jul 16, 2024 · Wellington-based writer Mark Derby is trying to change that, with his latest book, Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly, dedicated to telling the story of a wartime surgeon from Cromwell who influenced the way hospitals and emergency rooms around the world treat their patients.
Aug 31, 2018 · New Zealand-born surgeon Douglas Jolly was studying in London at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. He joined a British volunteer medical team and in December 1936 was placed in charge of a mobile medical unit of Spain’s Republican Army.
- Mark Derby, David Lowe
- 2020
Jul 6, 2024 · Dr Jolly was made a captain in the Republican Army and led a 12-person mobile surgical unit facing fierce attacks around the city of Madrid. For the next two years he was present at many of the most crucial and devastating battles of the civil war.
Mark Derby is the author of Frontline Surgeon – New Zealand medical pioneer Douglas Jolly (Massey University Press, 2024.) Image supplied by Mark Derby. ”We met a New Zealand doctor the other day, Dr Jolly. He is quite a ‘big noise’ out here, and what is more important, a thoroughly good surgeon.
For the next gruelling two years, Doug Jolly worked with the medical units of the International Brigades, setting up mobile field hospitals close to the war's major fronts. He specialised in abdominal surgery and was a pioneer in trauma medicine.
