The Women and the Crisis: Women of the North in the Civil WarMcDowell, Obolensky, 1959 - 389 páginas Chronicles the changes which came about through the dedicated work of Northern women during the Civil War regarding the responsibility for treatment of the wounded. Their efforts laid the groundwork for modern organized charity work, the Red Cross, and what could be considered military nursing. Biographies are included of notable women who dedicated themselves to caring for the wounded and changing government policy. |
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... Surgeon General . Wood was a much harassed man , facing the crisis with an inadequately staffed Medical Department , which in peace times had consisted of thirty surgeons and eighty - three assistant surgeons . Of these , three surgeons ...
... Surgeon General . Wood was a much harassed man , facing the crisis with an inadequately staffed Medical Department , which in peace times had consisted of thirty surgeons and eighty - three assistant surgeons . Of these , three surgeons ...
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... surgeons continued to work over the operating tables . According to the accepted usages of war , they had the status of noncombatants , but whether they knew this or not , they were not willing to desert the wounded . Presently about ...
... surgeons continued to work over the operating tables . According to the accepted usages of war , they had the status of noncombatants , but whether they knew this or not , they were not willing to desert the wounded . Presently about ...
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... surgeons and those who were able to work , hunted among the debris of the retreat for discarded rubber blankets , and found enough of them to build shelters over these wounded men . During the day the five captured surgeons returned ...
... surgeons and those who were able to work , hunted among the debris of the retreat for discarded rubber blankets , and found enough of them to build shelters over these wounded men . During the day the five captured surgeons returned ...
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