Healing a divided nation : how the American Civil War revolutionized Western medicine / Carole Adrienne.

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

New York : Pegasus Books, Ltd, 2022.

xxiv, 312 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Adrienne examines how the American Civil War transformed modern medicine while also analyzing changes in education, society, humanitarianism, and technology.

English

November 03, 2022

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-196) and index.

The State of American medicine in 1861 - What made this war so deadly? - The Doctors - The Emergence of women and the evolution of skilled nursing - Battling shortages, inexperience, and blockades: the solutions, replacements, and innovations - Hospitals: a revolution in care - The Volunteers: genesis of a great humanitarian movement - The Legacy.

History.