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In hospital and camp : the Civil War through the eyes of its doctors and nurses  Cover Image Book Book

In hospital and camp : the Civil War through the eyes of its doctors and nurses / compiled by Harold Elk Straubing.

Summary:

Contains primary source material.
This anthology tells the fascinating story of how medicine was practiced in military hospitals and in the field during the Civil War. Includes first-person accounts by Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0811716317
  • ISBN: 9780811716314
  • ISBN: 9780811701389
  • ISBN: 0811701387
  • Physical Description: ix, 166 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Harrisburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War / John G. Perry, as compiled by Martha Darby Perry -- Thirteen months in the Rebel Army / William G. Stevenson -- Army of the Potomac : behind the scenes / Alfred L. Castleman -- Confederate surgeon's letters to his wife / Spencer Glasgow Welch -- United States Sanitary Commission memoirs / John A. Lidell -- In hospital and camp / Sophronia E. Bucklin -- Hospital sketches / Louisa May Alcott -- Reminiscences of an Army Nurse during the Civil War / Adelaide W. Smith -- Hospital transports / Frederick Law Olmstead -- Specimen days / Walt Whitman.
Subject: United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
Medicine, Military > United States > History > 19th century.
Military Medicine > history.
Nurses.
Physicians.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College Library.

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Kirtland Community College Library E 621 .S77 1993 30775305553159 General Collection Available -

Summary: Contains primary source material.
This anthology tells the fascinating story of how medicine was practiced in military hospitals and in the field during the Civil War. Includes first-person accounts by Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman.

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