MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01957cam a2200337 i 4500
001 2013010329
003 DLC
005 20141008080145.0
008 130318s2013 nyuaf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2013010329
020 $a9781611458398 (hard cover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE621$b.M36 2013
082 00 $a973.7/75092$aB$223
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,$c2013.
300 $axxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
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".
600 10 $aLetterman, Jonathan,$d1824-1872.
650 0 $aSurgeons$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xSurgeons$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xMedical care.
650 0 $aMedicine, Military$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy of the Potomac$vBiography.