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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Flaps; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Melancholy Harvest; 2. The Best Substitutes Known to Art; 3. Noble Charity; 4. Good and Serviceable Limbs; 5. An Act of Esteem and Gratitude; Gallery of Illustrations; 6. Manifold Difficulties; 7. Magnificent Benefaction; Appendix A.; Appendix B.; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Back Cover.

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