Gabriel, Richard A. <br/><br/>
Between flesh and steel  a history of military medicine from the Middle Ages to the war in Afghanistan / 
Richard A. Gabriel. 
 - Dulles :  Potomac Books Incorporated,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/> About the Author. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1 The Emergence of Modern Warfare: 1453 to the Twenty-First Century; 2 The Renaissance and the Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit; 3 The Seventeenth Century: Gunpowder and Slaughter; 4 The Eighteenth Century: The First Effective Military Medical Systems; 5 The Nineteenth Century: The Age of Amputation; 6 The Twentieth Century: The Emergence of Modern Military Medicine; 7 The Twenty-First Century: Unconventional Warfare; 8 Some Thoughts on War; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. 
<br/><br/> ""War is the slaughter bench of history""--Hegel. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612344218 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine, Military--History.<br/>History of Medicine, 19th Cent.--United States--Abstracts.<br/>Medicine, Military--History--United States--19th century--Bibliography.<br/>Military Medicine--History--United States--Abstracts.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care--Bibliography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC971  / .B489 2013 Z1242