Civil War Medicine: Challenges and TriumphsAre amputations on screaming, unanesthetized men your image of Civil War medicine? If so, you are wrong! Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs shatters these enduring myths by blending first-person accounts with a modern analysis of historical data. -- Book Jacket. |
Contents
The Evolution of Battlefield Surgery during | 1 |
IllPrepared and Overwhelmed | 8 |
The Confederate Medical Department | 15 |
Copyright | |
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