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Gangrene and Glory
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,
8˝"x 11", sfbd. |
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Civil War Medicine
1861-1865. C. Keith Wilbur, M.D. Take a detailed and fascinating tour
through the medical history of this bloody and devastating war. Hundreds
of illustrations, combined with well-researched and engaging text, tell
the tale of the challenges presented to physicians with each new battle
and the often-heroic ways those challenges were met. 119 pgs. 8 ˝"x 11",
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