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UNINA9910792951003321 |
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Autore |
Flannery Michael A. <1953-> |
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Titolo |
Civil War pharmacy : a history / / Michael A Flannery ; foreword by Margaret Humphreys |
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Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations |
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Classificazione |
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HIS036050HIS036040MED072000MED039000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pharmacy - United States - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Setting the Stage : Civilian Aspects of Pharmacy during the Civil War -- Civil War Pharmacy and Medicine : Comparisons and Contexts -- The State of Pharmacy in America, 1861 -- Angels of Mercy : Women and Civil War Pharmacy -- Part II. Pharmacy in the Union -- The Principals : Medical Purveyors and Hospital Stewards -- The Supplies : Drug Distribution and Manufacturing -- The Ailments and Medicines : A Military Materia Medica and Therapeutics -- The Remedies of Choice : Calomel and Quinine -- Part III. Pharmacy on the Battlefield and at Sea : A Minority Report -- Battlefield Pharmacy -- Naval Pharmacy -- Part IV. Pharmacy in the Confederacy -- Administration -- Fighting More with Less -- The Materia Medica -- Epilogue: "The Consciousness of Duty Faithfully Performed" : An Appraisal of Civil War Pharmacy -- Bibliographical Essay -- Appendixes: A: Union and Confederate Standard Supply Tables -- B: Circular no. 3 -- C: A Materia Medica for the South; A Selected List of Medicinal Substances from Porcher's Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests -- D: Medicine Chest Outfit for from 80 to 100 men; U.S. Navy -- E: Circular No. 6 -- F: How to Read and Fill a Civil War Prescription -- G: Some Common Prescriptions of the Civil War Period Including the Basic Syrups with Monographs on the Principal Substances; Alcohol, Cinchona, Hydrargyrum (Mercury), Opium, and Quinine |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book covers pharmacy during the American Civil War from four primary aspects: civilian pharmacy, including women's voluntary organizations; pharmacy in the Union; pharmacy in the Confederacy; and pharmacy on the battlefield and at sea. It gives a thorough overview of the professional, economic, and military factors composing pharmacy from 1861 to 1865"-- |
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