Hand-Book for the Military Surgeon; Being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field, the sanitary management of the camp, the preparation of food, etc.; with forms for the requisitions for supplies, returns, etc.; the diagnosis and treatment of camp dysentery; and all the important points in war surgery

Chas. S. Tripler; George C. Blackman

Verlag: Robert Clarke & Co. Publishers, Cincinnati, 1861

Beschreibung

19.5 x 13 cm. Small octavo. 121pp xli appendix. Green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Some soiling to the boards. Fading to the spine. Scarce work on American Civil War medicine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and a small note in the same hand on the last page of the appendix. Tripler was a Brigidier General and surgeon in the US army. He served in the Second Seminole War, Mexico campaign and Panama campaign, and was Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac in 1861. This work standarized many of the American army's medical practices including administration, hygiene, and surgery. Material from this book was taken from lectures Tripler gave at the Medical College of Ohio. Blackman was a Professor of Surgery there and helped organize the lectures into book form. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 58925

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hand-Book for the Military Surgeon; Being a ...

Verlag: Robert Clarke & Co. Publishers, Cincinnati

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.