| Description |
xiv, 385 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding Civil War medicine -- Women, war, and medicine -- Infectious disease in the civil war -- Connecting home to hospital and camp : the work of the USSC -- The Sanitary Commission and its critics -- The Union's general hospital -- Medicine for a new nation -- Confederate medicine : disease, wounds, and shortages -- Mitigating the horrors of war -- A public health legacy -- Medicine in postwar America. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Public health -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781421409993 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1421409992 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781421410005 (electronic bk.) |
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