Marrow of tragedy : the health crisis of the American Civil War

Marrow of tragedy : the health crisis of the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys.

Author/creator	Humphreys, Margaret, 1955-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Description	xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Medicine, Military--United States --History --19th century. Public health--United States --History --19th century. Military Medicine--history Public Health--history American Civil War History, 19th Century United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Medical care. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Casualties. United States

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)