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Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care
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Title
Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care / Scott McGaugh.
ISBN
9781611458398 (hbk.)
1611458390 (hbk.)
Publication
New York : Arcade Publishing, [2013]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index.
Contents
"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."
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