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Mending broken soldiers : the Union and Confederate programs to supply artificial limbs /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hasegawa, Guy R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Technology.
Artificial limbs > United States > History > 19th century.
Artificial limbs > Confederate States of America > History.
Amputees > Services for > United States > History > 19th century.
Amputees > Services for > Confederate States of America > History.
Soldiers > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Medical care > Confederate States of America > History.
Amputees > history.
Artificial Limbs > history.
Prostheses and Implants > history.
Military Personnel > history.
Veterans > history.
Wounds and Injuries > history.
United States.
Confederate States of America.
Table of 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.