Marrow of tragedy the health crisis of the American Civil War

Marrow of tragedy : the health crisis of the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys.

Author/creator	Humphreys, Margaret, 1955-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Description	xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Medicine, Military--United States --History --19th century. Public health--United States --History --19th century. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Medical care. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Casualties.

Contents	Understanding Civil War medicine -- Women, war, and medicine -- Infectious disease in the Civil War -- Connecting home to hospital and camp : the work of the USSC -- The Sanitary Commission and its critics -- The Union's general hospital -- Medicine for a new nation -- Confederate medicine : disease, wounds, and shortages -- Mitigating the horrors of war -- A public health legacy -- Medicine in postwar America.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012044604
ISBN	9781421409993 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1421409992 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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