Gangrene and glory : medical care during the American Civil War
Record details
- ISBN: 9780252070105
- ISBN: 0252070100
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Physical Description:
254 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
print - Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: Madison, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1998. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. American medicine in the 1850s -- 2. Creating Confederate medicine -- 3. Lincoln finds a Surgeon General -- 4. Maggots and minié balls -- 5. The introduction of women nurses -- 6. Union hospital ships along the western rivers -- 7. The beginnings of the Letterman system -- 8. Confederate medicine organizing -- 9. Northern medicine organized -- 10. Medicine at sea -- 11. Stonewall Jackson struck by friendly fire -- 12. "Mine eyes have seen the glory" -- 13. Northern versus southern medicine at Vicksburg -- 14. Confederate medicine deteriorating -- 15. Union enclaves along the Confederate coast -- 16. The trial of William Hammond -- 17. Confederate medical support during the Atlanta campaign -- 18. Preparing for the final Union campaigns --19. Union medical support for the decisive campaigns of 1864 -- 20. The last full measure of devotion -- 21. Aftermath -- 22. The American Civil War as a biological phenomenon -- 23. Comparing northern to southern medical care -- 24. Did medical care make a difference? |
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Subject: | Medicine, Military United States History 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 621 .F74 2001 | 30775305507718 | General Collection | Available | - |