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100 1 $aMcGaugh, Scott.
245 10 $aSurgeon in blue :$bJonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care /$cScott McGaugh.
264 1 $aNew York :$bArcade Publishing,$c[2013]
300 $axxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index.
505 0 $a"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" -- An 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 10 $aLetterman, Jonathan,$d1824-1872.
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650 0 $aMedicine, Military$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xMedical care.
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