Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care /
Scott McGaugh.
Bok Engelsk 2013 Scott. McGaugh,· Electronic books
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xxi, 342 pages ) : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - "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" -- An enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best" -- "Today I am used up.". - 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.
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| Emner | Letterman, Jonathan, , 1824-1872.
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| ISBN | 1-322-39070-3. - 1-61145-839-0
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