Book
The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. I: Medical history
Publication Information
Washington, D.C., Govt. Printing Office, 1870-1888.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Library lacks Parts I and II.
Includes index.
Letter of transmittal, p. iii: The First Part, published in 1870, consisted of a consolidation by departments and regions of the monthly reports of sick and wounded of the various regimental organizations...giving a view from the medical standpoint, of the movements of our armies and the many deadly struggles that took place...Second Part, published in 1879, was devoted to a thorough discussion of the alvine fluxes based on the materials, documentary and anatomical, collected by our medical officers during the war. Surgeon J.J. Woodward, its distinguished author, brought to his task a comprehensive knowledge of those records of the past, which form the historical basis of the professional opinions of the present day, on the nature and causation of these important diseases...
Letter continued: In July, 1883, the late Surgeon General Crane expressed to me his desire that I should undertake the Third Part [published in 1888, on the medical statistics of the war, the camp fevers and diseases and the general hospitals].