"Some system of the nature here proposed" : Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the sick report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817 and the rise of the modern US Army Medical Department

"Some system of the nature here proposed" : Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the sick report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817 and the rise of the modern US Army Medical Department / Stephen C. Craig.

Author/creator	Craig, Stephen C., 1955- author.
Other author/creator	Borden Institute (U.S.) issuing body.
Other author/creator	US Army Medical Department Center and School issuing body.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Fort Sam Houston, Texas : Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department Center and School, 2015.
Distribution Info	Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Description	139 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Lovell, Joseph, 1788-1836. Remarks on the sick report of the Northern Division for the year ending June 30th, 1817. United States. Army. Northern Division (1815-1821)--History --19th century. United States. Army. Medical Department--History --19th century. United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General--History --19th century. Soldiers--Health and hygiene --United States --History --19th century. Medicine, Military--United States --History --19th century. United States--History --War of 1812 --Medical care.

Portion of title	Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the sick report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817 and the rise of the modern US Army Medical Department
Contents	A second War for Independence -- America, 1815-1818 -- Joseph Lovell and Remarks on the Sick report -- The first US Army Medical Department -- Epilogue.
Scope and content	"A regimental surgeon promoted to hospital director in the War of 1812, Joseph Lovell, MD, became the first Army staff-level surgeon general. This volume is an in-depth analysis of how Lovell's report on Army medicine just after the war gave rise to innovations, from focus on the soldier's welfare and preventive medicine to accurate epidemiology and experimental research, that formed the organizational and functional principles of today's professional and effective Medical Department"--Provided by publisher.
General note	Shipping list no.: 2015-0324-P.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2015012118
ISBN	9780160928734
ISBN	0160928737
GPO item number	0351-A
Govt. docs number	D 104.2:N 21

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