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John McCrae (1872-1918): doctor-soldier-poet. 1997

R Carter

Out of the ruins of World War I arose the poignant verse of the "Trench Poets." Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, Canadian doctor, professor, and soldier, exemplified this verse in his haunting poem "In Flanders Fields." After establishing himself as a respected physician and university lecturer in Canada and the United States, he served in World War I as a physician and artillery commander. In 1918, after a grueling tour of duty, McCrae witnessed one of the Great War's most horrific technological creations: chemical warfare. He suffered from asthma and probable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease all his life, dying at age 45 of cerebral meningitis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008887	Military Medicine	The practice of medicine as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.	Medicine, Military
D011037	Poetry as Topic	Works about the literary and oral genre expressing meaning via symbolism and following formal or informal patterns.
D002170	Canada	The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.
D005060	Europe	The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN.	Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe
D005197	Famous Persons	Individuals widely known or recognized.	Famous Person,Persons, Famous
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014857	Warfare	Methods of conducting ARMED CONFLICTS.
D049672	History, 19th Century	Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.	19th Century History,19th Cent. History (Medicine),19th Cent. History of Medicine,19th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 19th Century,History of Medicine, 19th Cent.,History, Nineteenth Century,Medical History, 19th Cent.,Medicine, 19th Cent.,19th Cent. Histories (Medicine),19th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 19th (Medicine),Cent. History, 19th (Medicine),Century Histories, 19th,Century Histories, Nineteenth,Century History, 19th,Century History, Nineteenth,Histories, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 19th Century,Histories, Nineteenth Century,History, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Nineteenth Century Histories,Nineteenth Century History
D049673	History, 20th Century	Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.	20th Century History,20th Cent. History (Medicine),20th Cent. History of Medicine,20th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 20th Century,History of Medicine, 20th Cent.,History, Twentieth Century,Medical History, 20th Cent.,Medicine, 20th Cent.,20th Cent. Histories (Medicine),20th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine),Cent. History, 20th (Medicine),Century Histories, 20th,Century Histories, Twentieth,Century History, 20th,Century History, Twentieth,Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 20th Century,Histories, Twentieth Century,History, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Twentieth Century Histories,Twentieth Century History