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Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs Hardcover – January 11, 2002

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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.
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    475 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Galen Pr Ltd
  4. Publication date
    January 11, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1883620082
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1883620080
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A unique, remarkable, comprehensive historical survey and documentation of the courage and heroism of countless healthcare workers... -- The Midwest Book Review, January 2002

Put quite simply, this new volume . . . is the most accurate and extensive treatment of the subject to date. -- JAMA, May 22/29, 2002

The author's presentation of case histories is especially effective in making the work not only informative but humanly interesting. -- Annals of Internal Medicine, May 21, 2002, v. 136, no. 10, Greg F. Burke, MD

The most comprehensive and interesting overview of American Civil War medicine I have read to date. -- Civil War Book Review, Spring 2002, Janeen M. Smith

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Galen Pr Ltd; First Edition (January 11, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 475 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1883620082
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1883620080
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
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maura
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on CW medicine
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023
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Outstanding and comprehensive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2007
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I collect Civil War medical and surgical antiques and needed back ground on this area. I found Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs to be an excellent book, well researched and documented. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know what the doctors during the Civil War really knew and how their treatments were performed.

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Frank R. Freemon
4.0 out of 5 stars Reread
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2007
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I just reread this work after an absence of four years. This book is probably the most encyclopedic single volume work on the subject of the title. Any reader who needs a background on an aspect of Civil War medicine (e.g., typhoid fever) will find exactly what he needs in these pages.
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Lee Wilcox
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Book for our needs...
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2013
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We purchased the book to help our staff with Civil War Medicine programs conducted at our Battlefield site. It was well-received with much enthusiasm and excitement!
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Linda
2.0 out of 5 stars Physician's review
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2002
From the professional credits of the author I expected great things. I was impressed by the topics which were listed. However, I found the book greatly disappointing for the following reasons:
1. The references, when checked, very often failed to contain the material cited
2. The statistical charts were often redrawn and were inaccurate
3. The serious questions about mortality figures with amputations were not explained when the presented data suggested that the premise that surgery was better was not supported by the facts
4. The referencecing to the major reference:The Medical and Surgical HIstory of the Civil War , was inaccurate in many instances.
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Kgsmith
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
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This is very helpful in understanding an aspect of the civil war that is not often discussed in books about the war.
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K. J. Kalin
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a page-turner
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019
It was a gift from my Wish List several years ago, and I could have sworn that I'd already written a review then, but apparently not. Now, many of the details are not fresh, except that I absolutely loved this book. It could have been twice as long, or even longer and I would have happily continued reading. It is well-written. So well-written that I consider it a page-turner. It corrects many of the misconceptions that we have about Civil War medicine and surgeries. If you are at all interested in the Civil War, and Civil War medicine, this is well-worth your time and money. I very highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
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