Gangrene and Glory

Gangrene and Glory
Author: Frank R. Freemon
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780252070105

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Dealing with the civil war, this title takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers. It also examines the impact on major campaigns - Manassas, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Shiloh, Atlanta - of ignorance, understaffing, inexperience, and overcrowded hospitals.


Gangrene and Glory
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Frank R. Freemon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Dealing with the civil war, this title takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of Union and Confederate soldi
Civil War Medicine
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: Alfred J. Bollet
Categories: Medicine, Military
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:

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Shatters myths about poor medical practices by anaylsis of historical data and first-person accounts.
Oh the Glory of It All
Language: en
Pages: 508
Authors: Sean Wilsey
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-25 - Publisher: Penguin

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“[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted.
Women at the Front
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Jane E. Schultz
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-15 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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As many as 20,000 women worked in Union and Confederate hospitals during America's bloodiest war. Black and white, and from various social classes, these women
Learning from the Wounded
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Shauna Devine
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science