05273cam a2201201 4500 594707762 TxAuBib 20220728120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781611459302 1611459303 B00L0M4K1W Amazon 22a576ff-11aa-4a1a-8610-191ba124e85a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1337213 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McGaugh, Scott. Surgeon in Blue [Libby] : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care. Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. innovations. Iraq. evacuation. America. Fredericksburg. medical treatment. Gettysburg. medical care. medical officer. Civil War. union army. Casualties. Sanitation. carnage. antietam. bio. 1862. Associated Press. Military Medicine. Civil War history. Ambulances. 1863. Medical History. war history. wounded soldiers. wounded warriors. Triage. medical field. Chancellorsville. bull run. mcclellan. presidio. american civil. war buffs. potomac. cyclopedia. pros cons. books on. horrific battles. battlefield medicine. ambulance corps. archival material. army medical. army surgeons. slim trade. sobering. soldiers wounded. advanced medical. afghanistan books on archival materials. alongside dr. 150th anniversary inhumane conditions. revolutionized. sanitary commission. provide medical. docent. national museum. chief medical. war medicine. war surgeon. well-rounded picture. wildcatter. medical corps. medical director. military doctor. military medical. military surgeon. modern battlefield. uncounted thousands. length biography. jonathan letterman. incisive portrait. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 812kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Medical. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>The "engrossing" story of the Civil War surgeon who revolutionized combat medicine at Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville</b><b>(<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).</b><br /> Jonathan Letterman was an outpost medical officer serving in Indian country in the years before the Civil War, responsible for the care of just hundreds of men. But when he was appointed the chief medical officer for the Army of the Potomac, he revolutionized combat medicine over the course of four major battles—Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg—that produced unprecedented numbers of casualties.<br /> He made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system. He imposed medical professionalism on a chaotic battlefield. Where before 20 percent of the men were unfit to fight because of disease, squalid conditions, and poor nutrition, he improved health and combat readiness by pioneering hygiene and diet standards. Based on original research, and with stirring accounts of battle and the struggle to invent and supply adequate care during impossible conditions, this new biography recounts Letterman's life from his small-town Pennsylvania beginnings to his trailblazing wartime years and his subsequent life as a wildcatter and the medical examiner of San Francisco. At last, here is the missing portrait of a key figure of Civil War history and military medicine. His principles of battlefield care continue to be taught to military commanders and first responders.<br /> "With sensitivity and insight, Scott McGaugh presents the story of this fascinating figure and his legacy." —James M. McPherson. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/surgeon-in-blue?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/surgeon-in-blue?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/surgeon-in-blue?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXPLE