Civil War Medicine: Care & Comfort of the Wounded...an excellent panorama of what military and civilian medical and sanitary efforts meant to soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. His chronological presentation shows how lessons were learned--or not--and how the procedures of individuals and groups and the treatment of individual patients developed. Most of the text consists of the words of those involved, which gives a feeling of personal participation; Denney provides brief, necessary introductions to set events in context and in which he describes planning for upcoming battles by surgeons stationed at every level of command, from that of an entire army down to that of the unit....The account of how hospital boats and trains were used--an aspect of the medical effort that is not widely known--is another of the best aspects of an informative and fascinating book.-- Booklist. 422 pages (8 in color), 20 b/w illus., 7 x 10. |
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PROLOGUE | 7 |
sight of that field is perfectly appalling men tossing their arms wildly calling for help there they lie bleeding torn | 34 |
lishment of large general hospitals to be found in fact the drugs medicines and hospital stores absolutely essential | 73 |
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