Doctor to the front
Subtitle: the recollections of Confederate surgeon Thomas Fanning Wood, 1861-1865
By: edited by Donald B. Koonce.
Contributors: Koonce, Donald B.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War; Voices of the Civil War series.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Wood, Thomas Fanning, 1841-1892.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Surgeons -- Biography.; Surgeons -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Description: "The Civil War was a tragic conflict that destroyed many lives, but for those trying to save lives the tragedy was often compounded. Military doctors labored through the smoke of battle where impossible conditions and fear of infection often forced them to resort to amputation, and most operations were performed without painkillers.

Thomas Fanning Wood recorded his wartime experiences as a Confederate Army surgeon, and his recollections of those events allow us to hear a distinct voice of the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-242) and index.