In hospital and camp : the Civil War through the eyes of its doctors and nurses
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- ISBN: 9780811701389
- ISBN: 9780811740975 (e-book)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (129 pages) - Publisher: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Books, 1993.
- Copyright: ©1993
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 1, 2018). |
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Subject: | Medicine, Military United States History 19th century Medicine, Military History United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care |
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Summary:
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.