The Confederate Navy Medical Corps
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9451-1 (ISBN)
The Confederate Navy's medical service is usually overlooked in histories of the Civil War, yet it was vital in maintaining the fighting strength of the South's navy and marine corps. Confederate medical officers not only manned war vessels, they staffed navy yards and land-based hospitals, gathered supplies, participated in raids, examined recruits, and even served at defensive shore batteries. Many such officers had served in the United States Navy, while others were recruited from civil life. Enlisted personnel and civilian physicians also helped the navy provide medical care--used in managing battle wounds and other injuries but more often devoted to preventing and treating disease. Malaria was particularly common among sailors and marines stationed in the swampy regions of the South.
This book, the first devoted entirely to the medical corps of the Confederate navy, provides a carefully researched look at the men, structure, facilities, and activities of the organization. A complete list of men known to have been commissioned as naval medical officers is included.
Guy R. Hasegawa is a retired editor and pharmacist living in suburban Maryland. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books on Civil War medicine and is a frequent contributor to Civil War Navy—The Magazine.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Gary McQuarrie
Preface
Introduction
1. Beginnings of the Medical Corps
2. Building a Nucleus
3. Wanted: More Medical Officers
4. Standing of Naval Medical Officers
5. Surgeons’ Stewards and Hospital Stewards
6. Civilian Physicians
7. Medical Officers’ Assignments
8. Surgeons Afloat
9. Medical Purveying
10. Hospitals
11. Treating the Sick
12. Rendering Judgments
13. Sundry Activities
14. End and Aftermath of the War
Conclusion
Appendix A. Commissioned Medical Officers in the CSN
Appendix B. Duties of Medical Officers
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 24 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 322 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9451-6 / 1476694516 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9451-1 / 9781476694511 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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