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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
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 621 .H33 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hasegawa, Guy R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Technology.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 126 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809331307 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0809331306 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780809331314 (ebook)
- 0809331314 (ebook)
- OCLC:
- 755698196
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