He placed surgical teams near front lines and instituted specially designed horse-drawn “flying ambulances” in which the wounded rode, cared for by an early version of emergency medical technicians.
The outstanding military surgeon of Napoleonic Wars, Baron Dominique Larrey, is regarded as the originator of military trauma care, and what would become known as triage. Pikoulis et al reviewed wounds depicted in ‘The Iliad’, and determined that arrow and spear wounds carried high mortality rates, suggesting surgeons were unable to get to wounded soldiers during action, treating only the higher class or those who survived the battle. The history of military trauma has changed with the evolution of newer weapons and wounding agents, more so in the 19 th and 20 th century. The need for surgical care of the injured during warfare is part of the story of civilization.
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