num_pages: 475
description: Bollett presents a history of how medical personnel on both sides of the Civil War met the challenges presented them. He contends that while standards were abysmal during the first year of the war, healthcare professionals quickly improved and were able to deliver excellent medical care. Coverage includes U.S. medical education in the 1860s; the establishment of an ambulance corps, a field hospital system and huge military hospitals; surgical innovations; epidemic diseases; and nuns as nurses.
language: English
title: Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs
titlecomplete: Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs
genres: Medicine, Civil War, Nonfiction, Medical, History
ratings_count: 38
publisher: Galen Pr Ltd