Military medical and surgical essays / prepared for the United States Sanitary Commission ; edited by William A. Hammond.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sabin Americana, 1500-1926.
Corporate Author: United States Sanitary Commission
Other Authors: Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900
Post, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1806-1886
Van Buren, W. H. (William Holme), 1819-1883
Harris, Elisha, 1824-1884
Smith, Francis Gurney, 1818-1878
Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900
Metcalfe, John Thomas, 1818-1902
Upham, J. B. (Jabez Baxter), 1820-1902
Flint, Austin, 1812-1886
Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865
Packard, John H. (John Hooker), 1832-1907
Smith, Stephen, 1823-1922
Hodges, Richard Manning, 1794-1878
Bumstead, Freeman J. (Freeman Josiah), 1826-1879
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1864.
Series:Sabin Americana, 1500-1926.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Sanitary affairs.
Medicine.
Medicine, Military.
Surgery, Military.
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Physical Description:552 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Military hygiene and therapeutics / A. Post and W.H. Van Buren
  • Control and prevention of infectious diseases / E. Harris
  • Quinine as a prophylactic against malarious diseases / W.H. Van Buren
  • Vaccination in armies / F.G. Smith and A. Stillé
  • Rules for preserving the health of the soldier / W.H. Van Buren
  • Scurvy / W.A. Hammond
  • Miasmitic fevers/ J.T. Metcalf
  • Continued fevers / J.B. Upham
  • Yellow fever / J.T. Metcalf
  • Pneumonia / A. Flint
  • Dysentery / A. Stillé
  • Pain and anaesthetics / V. Mott
  • Hemorrhage from wounds, and the best means of arresting it / V. Mott
  • Treatment of fractures in military surgery / J.H. Packard
  • Amputations / S. Smith
  • The excision of joints for traumatic cause / R.M. Hodges
  • Venereal diseases / F.J. Bumstead.