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Mending broken soldiers : the Union and Confederate programs to supply artificial limbs / Guy R. Hasegawa ; with a foreword by James M. Schmidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hasegawa, Guy R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artificial limbs--United States--History--19th century.
- Artificial limbs.
- Artificial limbs--Confederate States of America--History.
- Amputees--Services for--United States--History--19th century.
- Amputees.
- Amputees--Services for--Confederate States of America--History.
- Soldiers--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Medical care--Confederate States of America--History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The four years of the Civil War saw bloodshed on a scale unprecedented in the history of the United States. Thousands of soldiers and sailors from both sides who survived the horrors of the war faced hardship for the rest of their lives as amputees. Now Guy R. Hasegawa presents the first volume to explore the wartime provisions made for amputees in need of artificial limbs-programs that, while they revealed stark differences between the resources and capabilities of the North and the South, were the forebears of modern government efforts to assist in the rehabilitation of wounded service memb
- Contents:
- Melancholy Harvest
- The Best Substitutes Known to Art
- Noble Charity
- Good and Serviceable Limbs
- An Act of Esteem and Gratitude
- Manifold Difficulties
- Magnificent Benefaction
- Appendix A: Makers and Inventors Associated with the Union and Confederate Artificial-Limbs Programs
- Appendix B: Artificial Limbs and Resection Apparatus Supplied to U.S. Soldiers and Sailors by May 10, 1866.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-57827-1
- 9786613890726
- 0-8093-3131-4
- OCLC:
- 856870365
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