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Matchless organization : the Confederate Army Medical Department / Guy R. Hasegawa ; foreword by F. Terry Hambrecht.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hasegawa, Guy R., author.
- Series:
- Engaging the Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moore, Samuel Preston, 1813-1889.
- Moore, Samuel Preston.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Medical Department--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Surgeon-General's Office--History.
- Confederate States of America. Surgeon-General's Office.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Medical Department.
- Surgeons general (Military personnel)--Confederate States of America--History.
- Surgeons general (Military personnel).
- History.
- United States--Confederate States of America.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "'Matchless Organization' describes the operations of the Confederate Army's Medical Department as managed by its successive surgeons general, especially Samuel Preston Moore"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Medical Department for a New Nation
- 2. The Surgeon General and His Office
- 3. Medical Directors
- 4. Medical Inspectors
- 5. Medical Purveyors
- 6. Importation of Medical Supplies
- 7. Turning to Domestic Resources
- 8. Care on and near the Battlefield
- 9. General Hospitals
- 10. Prison Hospitals
- 11. Striving for Quality in Medical Personnel
- 12. Adding to Medical Knowledge
- 13. Examining for Disability
- 14. War's End and Beyond
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- A. Selected Individuals in or Influencing the Confederate Medical Department
- B. Staff of the Surgeon General's Office, November 1864
- C. Surgeon General Moore's Proposal for a Medical Evacuation System.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-247) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hasegawa, Guy R., 1952- Matchless organization
- ISBN:
- 9780809338290
- 0809338297
- OCLC:
- 1192304341
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