| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Contents |
Part I. Setting the Stage : Civilian Aspects of Pharmacy during the Civil War -- Civil War Pharmacy and Medicine : Comparisons and Contexts -- The State of Pharmacy in America, 1861 -- Angels of Mercy : Women and Civil War Pharmacy -- Part II. Pharmacy in the Union -- The Principals : Medical Purveyors and Hospital Stewards -- The Supplies : Drug Distribution and Manufacturing -- The Ailments and Medicines : A Military Materia Medica and Therapeutics -- The Remedies of Choice : Calomel and Quinine -- Part III. Pharmacy on the Battlefield and at Sea : A Minority Report -- Battlefield Pharmacy -- Naval Pharmacy -- Part IV. Pharmacy in the Confederacy -- Administration -- Fighting More with Less -- The Materia Medica -- Epilogue: "The Consciousness of Duty Faithfully Performed" : An Appraisal of Civil War Pharmacy -- Bibliographical Essay -- Gallery of illustrations beginning on page ... -- Appendixes: A: Union and Confederate Standard Supply Tables -- B: Circular no. 3, Confederate States of America, Medical Purveyor¿s Office C: A Materia Medica for the South; A Selected List of Medicinal Substances from Porcher¿s Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests -- D: Medicine Chest Outfit for the U.S. Navy -- E: Circular No. 6 -- F: How to Read and Fill a Civil War Prescription -- G: Some Common Prescriptions of the Civil War Period Including the Basic Syrups with Monographs on the Principal Substances: Alcohol, Cinchona, Hydrargyrum (Mercury), Opium, and Quinine |
| Summary |
"This book covers pharmacy during the American Civil War from four primary aspects: civilian pharmacy, including women's voluntary organizations; pharmacy in the Union; pharmacy in the Confederacy; and pharmacy on the battlefield and at sea. It gives a thorough overview of the professional, economic, and military factors comprising pharmacy from 1861 to 1865"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pharmacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacy.
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MEDICAL -- History.
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Medical care
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Medicine, Military
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Pharmacy
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140247
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809335930 |
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080933593X |
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