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

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Main Author: McGaugh, Scott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Publishing, [2013]
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505 0 |a "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" -- An enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best" -- "Today I am used up." 
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