Death is in the breeze : disease during the American Civil War
Record details
- ISBN: 097122336X
- ISBN: 9780971223363
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Physical Description:
xiv, 170 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Frederick, MD : NMCWM Press, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-166) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The star from Shiloh -- The making of a Civil War surgeon -- Disease steals through the camps -- Diarrhea and dysentery : bloody, but not from bullets -- Rheumatism : soldiers in bed, not in battle -- Bronchitis and catarrh -- Abscesses, carbuncles and boils -- Mercury without Venus : mercurials in the treatment of non-venereal diseases -- Mercury after Venus : the use of mercury to treat Syphilis -- How did Civil War surgeons keep current with the medical advances of their day? -- Implementing and accruing medical knowledge : not a simple matter -- The legacy of Civil War surgeons. |
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Subject: | American Civil War Military Personnel history Military Medicine history United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care Medicine, Military United States History 19th century |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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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 .D67 2009 | 30775305552532 | General Collection | Available | - |