DOCTORS IN BLUE - THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE UNION ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR

Description: DOCTOR’S IN BLUE THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE UNION ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR BY GEORGE WORTHINGTON ADAMS MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Tight, New Book Illustrated Throughout Fully Referenced and Indexed PUBLISHED BY MORNINGSIDE IN 1980 OUT-OF-PRINT BOOK – NO LONGER AVAILABLE BY THE PUBLISHER Doctors in Blue 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. "The Civil War has been the subject of an extensive literature, yet its medical aspects have not received any adequate historical attention. In part, however, this lack has now been remedied by Doctors in Blue which offers a comprehensive picture of health and medical care in the Union Armies. Mr. Adams also discusses the medical confusion, administrative and professional, which prevailed at the outbreak of the war, and goes on to indicate how order was brought out of chaos. He deals in turn with the relations of the regular officers to the reserve officers and volunteers, the beginnings of the ambulance system and the handling of the wounded, as well as wartime surgery and its consequences in terms of infection and healing. In this connection, the hospital system and the hospital staffs are examined. Finally, disease, sanitation and hygiene, and therapy are considered. And extraordinary medical history of the Union Army. This original is brand new, unread and in pristine condition; it comes in the original, publisher’s shrink wrap. This is the last copy; this book is out-of-print by the publisher who has gone out of business. The book comes in a mint condition, new dust jacket. The book is sharp, bright and clean; it has tight binding. The book has no wear. The interior is clean and the pages are bright white and in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the book. The book is richly illustrated throughout with period photographs, maps, and illustrations. A wonderful, brand new, out-of-print book – the last copy. Get it while you can. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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