The Resource Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh
Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh
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- Summary
- Recounts 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- "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"
- "Today I am used up."
- Isbn
- 9781611458398
- Label
- Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care
- Title
- Surgeon in blue
- Title remainder
- Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care
- Statement of responsibility
- Scott McGaugh
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGaugh, Scott
- Dewey number
-
- 973.7/75092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E621
- LC item number
- .M36 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WZ 100
- NLM item number
- L651m 2013
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Letterman, Jonathan
- United States
- United States
- General Surgery
- American Civil War
- History, 19th Century
- Military Medicine
- Label
- Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "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" -- "Today I am used up."
- Control code
- 000154755
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781611458398
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013010329
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Presented by Robert D. Hicks, PhD.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 154755
- (OCoLC)816030264
- Label
- Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "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" -- "Today I am used up."
- Control code
- 000154755
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781611458398
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013010329
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Presented by Robert D. Hicks, PhD.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 154755
- (OCoLC)816030264
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