Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care
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- ISBN: 9781611459302
- ISBN: 1611459303
- ISBN: 9781611458398
- ISBN: 1611458390
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource : illustrations - Publisher: New York : Arcade Publishing, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 deplorable condition" -- Antietam: "I pray God may stop such infernal work" -- Fredericksburg: "A huge serpent of blue and steel" -- Chancellorsville: "What will the country say?" -- Gettysburg: "I turned away and cried" -- Validation: "Little more remained to be done" -- Wildcatter: "A good kind husband" -- Compassionate coroner: "I have done my duty faithfully" -- Enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best" -- Epilogue: "Today I am used up." |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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