Book Description
Discusses medical care during the Civil War, focusing on disease, wounds, medical personnel, instruments, surgery and anesthesia, recovery, and changes in medicine during the war.
Author : Susan Provost Beller
Publisher : Betterway Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9781558702646
Discusses medical care during the Civil War, focusing on disease, wounds, medical personnel, instruments, surgery and anesthesia, recovery, and changes in medicine during the war.
Author : C. Keith Wilbur
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release :
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780762774586
Dr. C. Keith Wilbur takes you on a detailed and fascinating tour through the medical history of this bloody and devastating war.
Author : Horace Herndon Cunningham
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786251213
“H. H. Cunningham’s Doctors in Gray, first published more than thirty years ago, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army. Drawing on a prodigious array of sources, Cunningham paints as complete a picture as possible of the daunting task facing those charged with caring for the war’s wounded and sick. Of the estimated 600,000 Confederate troops, Cunningham claims the 200,000 died either from battle wounds of from illness—the majority, surprisingly, from illness. Despite these grim statistics, Confederate medical personnel frequently performed heroically under the most primitive of circumstances and made imaginative use of limited resources. Cunningham provides detailed information on the administration of the Confederate Medical Department, the establishment and organization of Confederate hospitals, the experiences of medical officers in the field, the manufacture and procurement of supplies, the causes and treatment of diseases, and the beginning of modern surgical practices.” - Print ed.
Author : Glenna R Schroeder-Lein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1317457102
The American Civil War is the most read about era in our history, and among its most compelling aspects is the story of Civil War medicine - the staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict. Written for general readers and scholars alike, this first-of-its kind encyclopedia will help all Civil War enthusiasts to better understand this amazing medical saga. Clearly organized, authoritative, and readable, "The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine" covers both traditional historical subjects and medical details. It offers clear explanations of unfamiliar medical terms, diseases, wounds, and treatments. The encyclopedia depicts notable medical personalities, generals with notorious wounds, soldiers' aid societies, medical department structure, and hospital design and function. It highlights the battles with the greatest medical significance, women's medical roles, period sanitation issues, and much more. Presented in A-Z format with more than 200 entries, the encyclopedia treats both Union and Confederate material in a balanced way. Its many user-friendly features include a chronology, a glossary, cross-references, and a bibliography for further study.
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Poets, American
ISBN : 1557091323
During the Civil War, from 1862-1865, Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the hospitals. The 40 notebooks he filled became the basis for the extraordinary diary of a medic in the Civil War.
Author : Shauna Devine
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,58 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0253040108
“An incredible resource for anyone interested in the human experience of the Civil War―as recorded by a medical professional tasked with saving lives.”—David Price, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine In this never before published diary, twenty-nine-year-old surgeon James Fulton transports readers into the harsh and deadly conditions of the Civil War as he struggles to save the lives of the patients under his care. Fulton joined a Union army volunteer regiment in 1862, only a year into the Civil War, and immediately began chronicling his experiences in a pocket diary. Despite his capture by the Confederate Army at Gettysburg and the confiscation of his medical tools, Fulton was able to keep his diary with him at all times. He provides a detailed account of the next two years, including his experiences treating the wounded and diseased during some of the most critical campaigns of the war, and his relationships with soldiers, their commanders, civilians, other health-care workers, and the opposing Confederate army. The diary also includes his notes on recipes for medical ailments from sore throats to syphilis. In addition to Fulton’s diary, editor Robert D. Hicks and experts in Civil War medicine provide context and additional information on the practice and development of medicine during the Civil War, including the technology and methods available at the time; the organization of military medicine; doctor-patient interactions; and the role of women as caregivers and relief workers. Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon’s Diary provides a compelling new account of the lives of soldiers during the Civil War and a doctor’s experience of one of the worst health crises ever faced by the United States.
Author : Shauna Devine
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1469611554
Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science
Author : Samuel David Gross
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 1861
Category : Medicine, Military
ISBN :
Author : William Frederick Norwood
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1512805009
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Author : Alfred J. Bollet
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
Shatters myths about poor medical practices by anaylsis of historical data and first-person accounts.