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020 _a9781611458398
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100 1 _aMcGaugh, Scott.
245 1 0 _aSurgeon in blue :
_bJonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care /
_cScott McGaugh.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bArcade Publishing,
_c2013.
300 _axxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: "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" -- Enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best" -- Epilogue: "Today I am used up."
520 _aRecounts 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.
600 1 0 _aLetterman, Jonathan,
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610 1 0 _aUnited States.
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