text Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care
- Summary
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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.
- Contents
- Introduction: "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 de... Read more
- Format
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- Description
- 342 p.;
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing 2013
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 LETTERMAN, JONATHAN MCG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 921 LETTERMAN, JONATHAN MCG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |