Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service - Brossura

Cunningham, Horace Herndon

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ISBN 10: 0807118567 ISBN 13: 9780807118566

Casa editrice: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

H. H. Cunningham’s Doctors in Gray remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army. Drawing on a prodigious array of sources, Cunningham paints as complete a picture as possible of the daunting task facing those charged with caring for the war’s wounded and sick.

Of the estimated 600,000 Confederate troops, Cunningham claims that 200,000 died either from battle wounds or from illness—the majority, surprisingly, from illness. Despite these grim statistics, Confederate medical personnel frequently performed heroically under the most primitive of circumstances and made imaginative use of limited resources. Cunningham provides detailed information on the administration of the Confederate Medical Department, the establishment and organization of Confederate hospitals, the experiences of medical officers in the field, the manufacture and procurement of supplies, the causes and treatment of diseases, and the beginning of modern surgical practices.

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L'autore:

H. H. CUNNINGHAM taught history at Elon College, in Elon, North Carolina, and at the University of Georgia.

Product Description:

H.H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, first published more than thirty years ago, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army. Drawing on a prodigious array of sources, Cunningham paints as complete a picture as possible of the daunting task facing those charged with caring for the war's wounded and sick.

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• Editore: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0807118567
• ISBN 13: 9780807118566
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 250