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

Humphreys, Margaret, 1955-

Marrow of tragedy the health crisis of the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781421410005


Medicine, Military--History--United States--19th century.
Public health--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic Books.

E621 / .M377 2013