Early days: A sketch depicting a scene from a first-aid post during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. Barely over a decade before this war, 12 nations agreed on the Geneva Convention that stipulated, among others, that wounded soldiers and those coming to their aid must not be targeted on the battlefield. - © ICRC library/W. Speiser/hist-03513-30
A century and a half ago today, nations took the unprecedented step of agreeing to limit the bloody effects of wars.
THE battle of Solferino took place in Italy in 1859. Historical accounts indicate it lasted 15 hours and left a bloody and gruesome mess in its wake.
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