 Esmarch was one of the greatest authorities on hospital management and military surgery.His "Handbuch der kriegschirurgischen Technik" was written for a prize offered by the empress Augusta, on the occasion of the Vienna Exhibition of 1877, for the best handbook for the battlefield of surgical appliances and operations.This book is illustrated by admirable diagrams, showing the different methods of bandaging and dressing, as well as the surgical operations as they occur on the battlefield.