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Author:

Flannery, Michael A., 1953-

Title:

Civil War pharmacy : a history of drugs, drug supply and provision, and therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy / Michael A. Flannery.

Publisher:

Pharmaceutical Products Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Pharmacy--United States--History--19th century.
Medicine, Military--United States--History--19th century.
Pharmacy--History--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
Military Medicine--history--United States.
United States--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-347) and index.

Contents:

Civil War pharmacy and medicine : comparisons and contexts -- The state of pharmacy in America, 1861 -- Angels of mercy : women and Civil War pharmacy -- The principals : medical purveyors and hospital stewards -- The supplies : drug distribution and manufacturing -- The medicines : a military materia medica and therapeutics -- The remedies of choice : calomel and quinine -- Administration -- Fighting more with less --The materia medica.
Fighting more with less: an appraisal -- The materia medica -- Prescribing and dispensing in camp, hospital, and home -- Wartime shortages take their toll.

Series:

Pharmaceutical heritage.

ISBN:

9780789015020 (soft : alk. paper)
0789015021 (soft : alk. paper)
9780789015013 (case : alk. paper)
0789015013 (case : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52553788
(OCoLC)53911568

LCCN:

2003014893

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)