May-June Issue of The Grog Ration now available.

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Society's Third Annual Meeting and Papers Session a Success

About fifteen people attended the Society Papers Session, which featured papers given on Navy Nurses in Combat, Navy Corpsmen in Vietnam, and FDR's Secret Illness. These papers, and Professor Croshite's commentary will be posted here as they become available from their authors..

At the business meeting, held at "Table 45" in the conference hotel after the Papers Session, Society Executive Director Tom Snyder announced some initiatives adopted by the Foundation for the History of Navy Medicine Board of Directors in March. Among these are a "dues" program to be initiated starting in 2010, and establishment of a travel bursary to encourage attendance of our meeting by graduate students. Details on these plans, and others, can be found on the Society News page

About the Society

The Society for the History of Navy Medicine was founded in May 2006. Since then, we have grown to more than 100 members from around the world.

Our goal is to provide a place of "Community, Collaboration and Camaraderie" for people who are interested in the study, research and writing about any and all aspects of the history of medicine as it relates to Navies and the maritime environment.

The Foundation for the History of Navy Medicine, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, was launched on 28 May 2008. One Foundation mission is to support the work of the Society. Check the Foundation page for latest progress.

The Navy medical history bimonthly, The Grog Ration, is published in pdf format and distributed to Society members. You can view current and past issues by clicking the Grog Ration tab.

Membership is free. You can join us by filling out our membership application. Click on the Membership tab.

Click on Society News to view current Society activities, and scholarly activities of our members.

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Society Authors' Page

Here, you can view publications written by Society members. Through a partnership arrangement with Portland's famous Powell's Books, by clicking on a title, you view information about the book and even purchase it from Powell's right then. The Foundation for the History of Navy Medicine receives a commission for every book purchase you make at Powell's through our website. The page will also highlight articles published in journals and larger, edited works.

Site updated 30 May 2009