Welcome to Trauma.Org's Incompleat History of Trauma. The history of trauma parallels the rise and fall of civilisations, man at war and at peace, and the advances of science and medicine.

You can explore the Incompleat History of Trauma chronologically by using the Timeline above to navigate through the ages. The hyperlinked nature of the Incompleat History allows you to not only explore linearly but to jump across eras and discoveries following developments and discoveries. You can resize these frames at any time by dragging the middle bar (above) up or down.

The success of this History of Trauma, and its transition from Incompleat to Compleat depends on contributions from you, dear reader. If you come across a little snippet of trauma history, and image, a recording or a story, please submit it to historyoftrauma@trauma.org and we will add it to the Timeline. Don't feel restricted by this. We would be ecstatic if all you budding historians out there would submit more detailed pieces on any aspect of the history of trauma. We are especially interested in 'living history' and in cataloguing and chronicling current or recent events.

You could start your exploration at the first successful trauma resuscitation... 1774

Current pages in the Incompleat History of Trauma: