Marrow of tragedy : the health crisis of the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys.
| Author/creator | Humphreys, Margaret, 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Understanding Civil War medicine -- Women, war, and medicine -- Infectious disease in the Civil War -- Connecting home to hospital and camp : the work of the USSC -- The Sanitary Commission and its critics -- The Union's general hospital -- Medicine for a new nation -- Confederate medicine : disease, wounds, and shortages -- Mitigating the horrors of war -- A public health legacy -- Medicine in postwar America. |
| Abstract | "In telling the stories of soldiers, families, physicians, nurses, and administrators, [the author] concludes that medical science was not as limited at the beginning of the war as has been portrayed. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war-- and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2012044604 |
| ISBN | 9781421409993 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
| ISBN | 1421409992 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E621 .H86 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 60 H927M 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |