Bibliograph

Surgeon in blue, Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh

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Label

Surgeon in blue, Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care, Scott McGaugh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Surgeon in blue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

816030264

Responsibility statement

Scott McGaugh

Sub title

Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care

Summary

Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system

Table Of Contents

Introduction: "We are almost worked to death" -- Not a learned profession: "Open-hearted frankness" -- Outpost medicine: "We had no bandages" -- The Hammond alliance: "Their wounds, as yet, undressed" -- Taking medical command: "I found it in a deplorable condition" -- Antietam: "I pray God may stop such infernal work" -- Fredericksburg: "A huge serpent of blue and steel" -- Chancellorsville: "What will the country say?" -- Gettysburg: "I turned away and cried" -- Validation: "Little more remained to be done" -- Wildcatter: "A good kind husband" -- Compassionate coroner: "I have done my duty faithfully" -- Enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best" -- Epilogue: "Today I am used up."

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