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Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care

text Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care

McGaugh, Scott.

Summary

Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system.

Contents
Introduction: "We are almost worked to death" -- Not a learned profession: "Open-hearted frankness" -- Outpost medicine: "We had no bandages" -- The Hammond alliance: "Their wounds, as yet, undressed" -- Taking medical command: "I found it in a de... Read more
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342 p.;
Publisher
Arcade Publishing 2013
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 LETTERMAN, JONATHAN MCG in Adult Non-fiction Available

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