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Humphreys Margaret <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Marrow of tragedy [[electronic resource] ] : the health crisis of the American Civil War / / Margaret Humphreys |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine, Military - United States - History - 19th century |
Public health - United States - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Casualties |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Understanding Civil War medicine -- Women, war, and medicine -- Infectious disease in the civil war -- Connecting home to hospital and camp : the work of the USSC -- The Sanitary Commission and its critics -- The Union's general hospital -- Medicine for a new nation -- Confederate medicine : disease, wounds, and shortages -- Mitigating the horrors of war -- A public health legacy -- Medicine in postwar America. |
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