Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Adams, George Worthington (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807121053 ISBN-13: 9780807121054 Publisher: LSU Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: October 1996 Annotation: Similar in scope to H. H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, George Worthington Adams' Doctors in Blue, originally published more than forty years ago and now available for the first time in paperback, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Union army. Adams calculates that 300,000 Union soldiers lost their lives during the war. Confederate attacks account for only a third of these deaths, disease for the rest. In addition, there were a startling 400,000 wounded or injured and almost 6,000,000 cases of illness. Undoubtedly, behind the sickness and mortality statistics of the Civil War lie ignorance and inefficiency. But Doctors in Blue reveals the earnestness, cooperative spirit, and great scientific strides of the period as well. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: 973.775 |
LCCN: 96022219 |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" L (0.75 lbs) 282 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Civil War |
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Similar in scope to H. H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, George Worthington Adams' Doctors in Blue, originally published more than forty years ago and now available for the first time in paperback, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Union army. Adams calculates that 300,000 Union soldiers lost their lives during the war. Confederate attacks account for only a third of these deaths, disease for the rest. In addition, there were a startling 400,000 wounded or injured and almost 6,000,000 cases of illness. Undoubtedly, behind the sickness and mortality statistics of the Civil War lie ignorance and inefficiency. But Doctors in Blue reveals the earnestness, cooperative spirit, and great scientific strides of the period as well. |
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