Mending broken soldiers [electronic resource] : the Union and Confederate programs to supply artificial limbs / Guy R. Hasegawa ; with a foreword by James M. Schmidt.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (p. cm.)ISBN: - 9780809331314
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- Soldiers -- Medical care -- Confederate States of America -- History
- Soldiers -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Amputees -- Services for -- Confederate States of America -- History
- Amputees -- Services for -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Artificial limbs -- Confederate States of America -- History
- Artificial limbs -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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- E621 .H33 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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