Mending Broken Soldiers : The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs
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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2012.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.