03166nam 2200445 450 991082245410332120230809224320.00-8093-3593-X(CKB)3710000001387186(MiAaPQ)EBC4862948(EXLCZ)99371000000138718620170615h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCivil War pharmacy a history /Michael A Flannery ; foreword by Margaret HumphreysSecond edition.Carbondale, [Illinois] :Southern Illinois University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (261 pages) illustrations0-8093-3592-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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"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"--Provided by publisher.PharmacyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Medical carePharmacyHistory973.7/75HIS036050HIS036040MED072000MED039000bisacshFlannery Michael A.1953-1601874Humphreys MargaretMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822454103321Civil War pharmacy3925656UNINA