The Borden Institute, an agency of the US Army Medical Department Center & School, publishes the Textbooks of Military Medicine. The volumes in the series, now numbering 20, constitute a comprehensive treatise on the art and science of military medicine, covering such diverse topics as military preventive medicine, military medical ethics, harsh environments, and care of combat injuries.

Latest releases: The Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia (MARAA) Handbook (2009). This fully illustrated instructional manual provides step-by-step instructions for performing regional anesthesia blockades, including the latest techniques emerging from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The handbook was conceived by deployed medical personnel who are teaching these techniques to their military colleagues as well as civilian practitioners. In addition to instructions for individual blocks, chapters address equipment, anesthetics, complications, pain management, air evacuation, and pediatric techniques.  A spiral-bound paperback designed for practical use in the field and in the OR, the book has a water-resistant coating to protect its pages under harsh conditions. Also included in each book is an instructional DVD.

Two new books about the history of Walter Reed Army Medical Center are available: The Walter Reed Army Medical Center Centennial, A Pictorial History, 1909-2009 and Borden’s Dream: the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Other recent Borden releases include Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare and A History of Dentistry in the US Army to World War II. Military health care providers may place orders here. Public copies may be ordered through the Government Printing Office.

Borden also publishes specialty titles, such as the Emergency War Surgery handbook, now in its third edition. In addition to print version, textbook volumes are available in PDF on this site, as well as on CD-ROM.