Medical care during the American Civil War

This work examines medical care during the American Civil War. The medical departments of the opposing armies had much in common. Both were organized along the same structural lines, that of the old U.S. Army. Northern and Southern doctors possessed the same base of medical knowledge. Both medical services expanded from a small nidus of experienced military physicians to a huge system of general hospitals, caring for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers. Using collated medical statistics, this work compares the results of medical efforts by the North and the South and concludes that the Medical Department of the United States Army was superior to its counterpart of the Confederate States Army.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Freemon, Frank Reed

Contributors dc:contributor

• Burton, Orville Vernon

• History, United States
• Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery
• History of Science

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Freemon, Frank Reed

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236462
(UMI)AAI9236462

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20318