Medicine and the American Revolution : how diseases and their treatments affected the colonial army / by Oscar Reiss, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reiss, Oscar, 1925- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Military--United States--History--18th century.

Medicine, Military.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Medical care.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1998.

Summary:

""Detailed""--The Patriot Resource; ""unique""--Reference & Research Book News. Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. From a physician's perspective, this is a unique history of the American Revolution and how diseases impacted the execution of the war effort.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface ; 1. Army Medicine ; 2. Leaders of the Medical Department ; 3. Smallpox and the Canadian Invasion ; 4. Disease and Medical Care in the Navy ; 5. Syphilis and the Loss of New York ; 6. Dysentery and the Prisoners of War ; 7. Typhus and the Army Hospitals

8. Valley Forge and Scabies 9. Malaria and the Southern Campaign ; Appendix: The Health of George Washington and King George III; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0495-9