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Author:
Hasegawa, Guy R.
Title:
Mending broken soldiers : the Union and Confederate programs to supply artificial limbs / Guy R. Hasegawa ; with a foreword by James M. Schmidt.
Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xiii, 126 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
United States--Technology.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Technology.
Artificial limbs--United States--History--19th century.
Artificial limbs--Confederate States of America--History.
Amputees--History--United States--History--19th century.
Amputees--History.--Confederate States of America--History.
Soldiers--History--United States--History--19th century.
Soldiers--History.--Confederate States of America--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0809331314 (ebook)
9780809331314 (ebook)
0809331306 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780809331307 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)755698196
LCCN:
2012000923
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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