Mending Broken Soldiers : the Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs.

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hasegawa, Guy R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Soldiers > Medical care > Confederate States of America > History.
Soldiers > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Amputees > Services for > Confederate States of America > History.
Amputees > Services for > United States > History > 19th century.
Artificial limbs > Confederate States of America > History.
Artificial limbs > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Technology.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items