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Fighting fit [sound recording] : the wartime battle for Britain's health

Dawes, Laura, 1976-2016
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At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation's health, they warned; drugs, blood and medical resources would be in short supply; air raid shelters and evacuation would spread diseases; and the psychological effects of bombing raids would leave mental hospitals overflowing. Yet, astonishingly, Britain ended the war in better health than ever before. Based on original archival research and written with wit and verve, 'Fighting Fit' reveals an extraordinary, forgotten story of medical triumph against the odds.
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