Doctors in blue : the medical history of the Union Army in the Civil War.

Author
Adams, George Worthington [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : H. Schuman [1952]
Description
xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    The author hopes his work will not only help to illuminate certain aspects of the Civil War, and the medical sciences of that period, but will also extend public understanding of continuing problems of military medicine. The Civil War saw the beginnings of ambulance field work, the Army Nurse Corps and other organizations and practices now taken for granted. It highlighted such vexed questions as the proper relationship of line officers to medical officers, and of Regulars to "Reserves. An understanding of the origins of such questions may contribute to sane solutions in the days ahead. -- Preface
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 231-[238]
    Contents
    • The medical confusions of 1861
    • Reformers vs. regulars
    • The Barnes regime and the army surgeons
    • Beginnings of an ambulance system
    • Improvement in field tactics
    • Wartime surgery
    • Operations and infections
    • The general hospitals
    • Nurses, staffs, and convalescents
    • Army sanitation and hygiene
    • Diseases and treatments.
    LCCN
    52007607
    OCLC
    937903658
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