Medical Care during the American Civil War.
Frank R. Freemon. This unusual history of the Civil War takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of soldiers and at the makeshift medicine they were forced to employ. Combines poignant, sometimes horrifying anecdotes with a clearheaded discussion of the state of medical knowledge, the effect of the military bureaucracy on medical supplies, and of the members of the medical community. 254 pgs., 100 B&W illustrations, 8½"x 11", sfbd. #0C11640
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