List of Medical & Related Field &
Technical Manuals
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| Display of some Military Manuals covering miscellaneous Medical and medical-related subjects |
Military Manuals are a vast source of information and include doctrines, procedures, and techniques used by the Armed Forces. They are often updated, revised, and even sometimes replaced, and therefore continuously offer the military collector and researcher the opportunity to keep track of amendments, modifications, improvements and changes of a particular piece of equipment, that is in inventory with the United States Military. The current system of Manuals was started at the beginning of World War 2. Best known types are Field Manuals (FM) and Technical Manuals (TM), of course, there are other documents too. The identification scheme consists of the type of Manual, either FM or TM, with a single or double-digit number, followed by a dash, and again by more numbers. The first series of numbers designated the classification, while the second series indicated the particular subject covered by the Manual. Example: FM 8-35, FM signifies Field Manual, 8 designates The Surgeon General's Office (arm or service responsible for preparation of subject publication), or the Medical Department, while 35 identifies a Manual covering a specific subject related to this particular arm or service (in this case; Transportation of the Sick and Wounded). Technical Manuals, follow an identical classification system. They however offer more in-depth data primarily covering description, utilization, maintenance and repair of materials by specialized personnel.
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| Illustration showing the front cover of FM 8-35, TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED February 21, 1941 |
The following is a list of wartime published Medical, and medical related Field and Technical Manuals. This list is by no means exhaustive, and we would be most interested to learn of any other medical Field or Technical Manuals, or indeed medical-related Technical and Field Manuals which may be added to this list. Please forward the necessary details to info@med-dept.com.
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| Illustration showing the front cover of FM 21-11, FIRST AID FOR SOLDIERS April 7, 1943 |
| Field Manuals | |
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| FM 8-5 | War Department Field Manual, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNITS OF A THEATER OF OPERATIONS, War Department, 31 May 1945 |
| FM 8-10 | War Department Field Manual, MEDICAL SERVICE OF FIELD UNITS, War Department, March 28, 1942 |
| FM 8-35 |
War Department, Medical Field Manual, TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED, War Department, February 21, 1941 |
| FM 8-40 |
War Department, Medical Field Manual , FIELD SANITATION, August 15, 1940 + Changes C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 |
| FM 8-45 | War Department Medical Field Manual, RECORDS OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY (SICK AND WOUNDED), October 1, 1940 |
| FM 8-50 | War Department Medical Field Manual, SPLINTS, APPLIANCES, AND BANDAGES, War Department, September 11, 1940 |
| FM 8-50 | War Department Field Manual, Medical Department, BANDAGING AND SPLINTING, 15 January 1944 |
| FM 8-55 |
War Department, Medical Field Manual, REFERENCE DATA, March 5, 1941 |
| Technical Manuals | |
| TM 8-45 | War Department, Medical Field Manual RECORDS OF MORBIDIIY AND MORTALITY, War Department, October 1, 1943 |
| TM 8-210 | War Department Technical Manual, GUIDES TO THERAPY FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS, War Department, March 20, 1942 |
| TM 8-220 |
War Department Technical Manual, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SOLDIER’S HANDBOOK, War Department, March 5, 1941 |
| TM 8-227 | War Department, Technical Manual, METHODS FOR LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, October 17, 1941 |
| TM 8-230 | Department of The Army Technical Manual, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TECHNICIANS, 2 August 1950 |
| TM 8-233 | War Department Technical Manual, HANDBOOK FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, 1 November, 1945 |
| TM 8-240 |
War Department Technical Manual, ROENTGENOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS July 3, 1941 |
| TM 8-260 |
War Department Technical Manual, FIXED HOSPITALS OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (GENERAL AND STATION HOSPITALS), July 16, 1941 |
| TM 8-275 | War Department, Technical Manual, MILITARY ROENTGENOLOGY, January 26, 1942 |
| TM 8-285 | War Department Technical Manual, TREATMENT OF CASUALTIES FROM CHEMICAL AGENTS, July 10, 1941 |
| TM 8-285 | War Department Technical Manual, TREATMENT OF CASUALTIES FROM CHEMICAL AGENTS, 15 April 1944 |
| TM 8-292 |
War Department Technical Manual, PHYSICAL RECONDITIONING, 20 December 1944 |
| TM 8-300 | War Department Technical Manual, NOTES ON EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT IN AVIATION MEDICINE, November 26, 1940 + Change C1 |
| TM 8-305 | War Department Technical Manual, NOTES ON CARDIOLOGY IN AVIATION MEDICINE, November 12, 1940 |
| TM 8-611 |
War Department Technical Manual, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, INDIRECT BLOOD TRANSFUSION APPARATUS and Miscellaneous Surgical Supplies : Care and Maintenance, War Department, 28 January 1944 |
| TM 8-615 |
War Department Technical Manual, GASOLINE STOVES AND BURNERS, 28 July 1945 |
| MEDICAL SOLDIER'S HANDBOOK | The Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, Pa., Second Edition, August 1942 |
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| Partial view of 505th Regimental Aid station # 1, Ste-Mère-Eglise, Normandy, June 7 - 8, 1944 - vehicles and trailers belonging to the 307th Airborne Medical Company ready to start evacuating casualties ... |
| Field Manuals | |
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| FM 5-20C | War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, CAMOUFLAGE OF BIVOUACS, COMMAND POSTS, SUPPLY POINTS, AND MEDICAL INSTALLATIONS, War Department, 1 May 1944 |
| FM 7-30 | War Department, Infantry Field Manual, SERVICE COMPANY AND MEDICAL DETACHMENT (SUPPLY AND EVACUATION) RIFLE REGIMENT, War Department, July 18, 1941 |
| FM 10-63 | War Department Field Manual, GRAVES REGISTRATION, War Department, 15 January 1945 |
| FM 21-10 | War Department, Basic Field Manual, MILITARY SANITATION AND FIRST AID, War Department, July 31, 1940 |
| FM 21-11 | War Department, Basic Field Manual, FIRST AID FOR SOLDIERS, War Department, April 7, 1943 |
| FM 21-20 | War Department, Basic Field Manual, PHYSICAL TRAINING, War Department, March 6, 1941 |
FM 21-40 | War Department, Basic Field Manual, DEFENSE AGAINST CHEMICAL ATTACKS, War Department, September 7, 1942 |
| FM 21-100 | War Department, Basic Field Manual, SOLDIER'S HANDBOOK, War Department, July 23, 1941 |
| FM 100-10 | War Department Field Manual, FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS ADMINISTRATION, 15 November 1943 |
| FM 21-11 (French) |
Ministère de la Guerre, Manuel de Service en Campagne, PREMIERS SECOURS, War Department, January 27, 1944 |
| Technical Manuals | |
| TM 3-205 | War Department, Technical Manual, THE GAS MASK, War Department, October 9, 1941 |
| TM 3-220 | War Department Technical Manual, DECONTAMINATION, War Department, 15 November 1943 |
| TM 21-220 | War Department, Technical Manual, SPORTS AND GAMES, War Department, May 13, 1942 |
| TM 38-414 | War Department Technical Manual, ARMY MARKING DIRECTIVE, War Department, 21 May 1945 |
| OCD | Office of Civilian Defense, HANDBOOK ON FIRST AID, United States, Office of Civilian Defense, December 1941 |
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