Mending Broken Soldiers : The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs

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The four years of the Civil War saw bloodshed on a scale unprecedented in the history of the United States. Thousands of soldiers and sailors from both sides who survived the horrors of the war faced hardship for the rest of their lives as amputees. Now Guy R. Hasegawa presents the first volume to e...

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Autor principal: Hasegawa, Guy R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Technology
Soldiers > Medical care
Medical care
Artificial limbs
Membres artificiels > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Membres artificiels > États confederes d'Amerique > Histoire.
Amputes > Services > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Amputes > Services > États confederes d'Amerique > Histoire.
Artificial limbs > United States > History > 19th century.
Artificial limbs > Confederate States of America > History.
Amputees > Services for > United States > History > 19th century.
Amputees > Services for > Confederate States of America > History.
Soldiers > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Medical care > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > Confederate States of America
United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Technology.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The four years of the Civil War saw bloodshed on a scale unprecedented in the history of the United States. Thousands of soldiers and sailors from both sides who survived the horrors of the war faced hardship for the rest of their lives as amputees. Now Guy R. Hasegawa presents the first volume to explore the wartime provisions made for amputees in need of artificial limbs-programs that, while they revealed stark differences between the resources and capabilities of the North and the South, were the forebears of modern government efforts to assist in the rehabilitation of wounde.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780809331314

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