| Description |
xv, 421 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-374) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Alcohol, Abuse of -- Alcohol, Medicinal uses of -- Alcott, Louisa May -- Alternative medicines -- Ambulance corps -- Ambulance trains -- Ambulances -- Amputation -- Andersonville Prison -- Anesthesia -- Antietam, Battle of (1862) -- Antiseptics and disinfectants -- Army Medical Museum -- Artificial limbs -- Association of Army and Navy Surgeons of the Confederate States -- Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy -- Autenrieth Medicine Wagon -- Bandages -- Barnes, Joseph K. -- Barton, Clara -- Bean, James Baxter -- Beers, Fannie A. -- Bellows, Henry Whitney -- Bickerdyke, Mary Ann Ball ("Mother") -- Blacks, as Hospital workers -- Blacks, Health of -- Blockade -- Brinton, John Hill -- Bull Run (Manassas), First Battle of (1861) -- Bull Run (Manassas), Second Battle of (1862) -- Calomel -- Camp itch -- Catarrh -- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence -- Chaplains -- Chickamauga, Battle of (1863) -- Chimborazo Hospital -- Chisolm, John Julian -- Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal -- Convalescents -- Cooks -- Cumming, Kate -- Cupping and blistering -- |
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Davis, Jefferson -- Death, Attitudes toward -- Debilitas -- DeLeon, David Camden -- Dentistry -- Diarrhea and dysentery -- Diet, of Hospital patients -- Diet, of Troops -- Dix, Dorothea Lynde -- Education, Medical -- Elmira Prison -- Embalming -- Erysipelas -- Ewell, Richard Stoddert -- Examining Boards, Medical -- Eye ailments -- Fevers -- Finley, Clement Alexander -- Flewellen, Edward Archelaus -- Foard, Andrew Jackson -- Formento, Felix -- Fredericksburg, Battle of (1862) -- Gangrene, Hospital -- Gettysburg, Battle of (1863) -- Guild, Lafayette -- Gunshot wounds, Treatment of -- Hammond, William Alexander -- Hardtack -- Hawks, Esther Hill -- Heart disease -- Historiography, Medical -- Hoge, Jane Currie Blaikie -- Hood, John Bell -- Hopkins, Juliet Ann Opie -- Hospital buildings -- Hospital fund -- Hospital paperworks -- Hospital relocations -- Hospital ships -- Hospital support staff -- Hospitals, Antebellum -- Hospitals, attitudes toward -- Hospitals, Field -- Hospitals, General -- Hospitals, Officers' -- Hospitals, Pavilion -- Hospitals, "Pest" (Smallpox) -- Hospitals, Receiving and distributing -- Hospitals, Wayside -- |
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Infections, of Wounds -- Insanity -- Inspectors, Medical -- Invalid Corps -- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") -- Johnston, Albert Sidney -- Johnston, Joseph Eggleston -- Jones, Joseph -- Laboratories, Medical -- Latrines -- Laudanum -- Laundresses -- Lawson, Thomas -- Leale, Charles Augustus -- Letterman, Jonathan -- Lice -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice -- Maggots -- Malaria -- Malingerers -- Malnutrition -- Materia medica -- Matrons -- McCaw, James Brown -- McGuire, Hunter Holmes -- Measles -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion -- Medical cadets -- Medical department, Organization of -- Medical directors, Field -- Medical directors, of Hospitals -- Medical importance of the Civil War -- Medical purveyors -- Medication, Administration of -- Miasms -- Minie Balls -- Mitchell, Silas Weir -- Moore, Samuel Preston -- Morphine -- Mortality, of Soldiers -- Mortality, of Surgeons -- Mosquitoes -- Mudd, Samuel Alexander -- Musicians, as Medica assistants -- |
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Negligence, by Medical staff -- Newsom (Trader), Ella King -- Nightingale, Florence -- Nuns -- Nurses -- Officer of the day -- Olmsted, Frederick Law -- Opiate use and addiction -- P.A.C.S. -- Pember, Phoebe Yates Levy -- Peninsula Campaign (1862) -- Pneumonia -- Porcher, Francis Peyre -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Prisoners of war -- Quartermasters -- Quinine -- Quintard, Charles Todd -- Resection -- Reserve Surgical Corps -- Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests -- Rheumatism -- Richmond, Virginia -- Sanitary fairs -- Sanitation -- Scurvy -- Shiloh, Battle of (1862) -- Sicles, Daniel Edgar -- Smallpox -- Southern Practitioner -- Splints -- Stewards, Hospital -- Stout, Samuel Hollingworth -- Stretchers -- Strong, George Templeton -- Subsistence Department -- Substitutes, for Supplies -- Supply table -- Surgeon General -- Surgeons -- Surgeons, Acting assistant (Contract) -- Surgeons, Assistant -- Surgeons, Brigade -- Surgeons, Post -- Surgeon's call -- |
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Tartar Emetic -- Tents, Hospital -- Tetanus -- Tompkins, Sally Louisa -- Tripler, Charles Stuart -- Tuberculosis -- Turner's Lane Hospital -- Typhoid fever -- Typhomalarial fever -- United States Christian Commission -- USS Red Rover -- Vaccination, Smallpox -- Varioloid -- Venereal disease -- Ventilation -- Walker, Mary Edwards -- Ward Masters -- Washington, DC -- Western Sanitary Commission -- Whitman, Walt -- Wittenmyer, Annie Turner -- Woman's Central Association of Relief -- Women, as Doctors -- Women, as Hospital workers -- Women's hospital auxiliaries and relief societies -- Woodward, Joseph Janvier -- Woolsey Sisters -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Encyclopedias.
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Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Encyclopedias.
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Military Medicine -- United States -- Encyclopedias -- English. |
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American Civil War -- United States -- Encyclopedias -- English. |
| Added Title |
Civil War medicine |
| ISBN |
9780765611710 (alk. paper) |
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0765611716 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041498331 |
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NLM 101474128 |
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