| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 393 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Becoming a Military Doctor; Part I; 1. To Virginia, Measles, and Typhoid: (Diary, August 18, 1862, to February 19, 1863); 2. Chancellorsville and "a Spiteful Morose Scamp": (Diary, February 22, 1863, to June 28, 1863); 3. Searching for Flour at Gettysburg: (Diary, June 29, 1863, to July 4, 1863); 4. Return to Virginia and Christmas with Secesh: (Diary, July 5, 1863, to December 25, 1863); 5. "To Bring Man in Communion with His God": (Diary, December 26, 1863, to January 29, 1864); 6. Dr. Fulton after 1864 |
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7. CommentaryPart II; 8. "Examined at the University of Pennsylvania": Dr. Fulton, His Professional Milieu, and Military Medicine 1862-1864; 9. "We Got Up and Began to Pack our Medicines": What Dr. Fulton Prescribed; 10. "We Soon Concluded to Operate": Dr. Fulton's Tools and Methods; 11. "The Christian Commission Also Brought in a Wagon Today": Dr. Fulton, Voluntary Relief Associations, and Women in Hospitals; 12. "We Made Up Soup as Fast as Possible": Nutrition and the Nineteenth-Century Male Body |
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13. "Such Is the Character of Many Men": Dr. Robert Fulton's Politics and the Moral and Political Consciousness of SoldiersAppendix A: Rules for the Examination of Assistant Surgeon Candidates and Examination Questions (1862); Appendix B: Gettysburg Reminiscences: A Surgeon's Story of the Battle on Pennsylvania's Soil.; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
In this never before published diary, 29-year-old surgeon James Fulton transports readers into the harsh and deadly conditions of the Civil War, as he struggles to save the lives of the wounded and diseased under his care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 24, 2019) |
| Subject |
Fulton, James (U.S. Civil War surgeon) -- Diaries
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United States. Army -- Surgeons -- Diaries
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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 143rd (1862-1865)
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United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 143rd (1862-1865) fast |
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Armed Forces -- Surgeons
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Medical care
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140247
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
diaries.
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Diaries
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History
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Diaries.
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Journaux intimes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hicks, Robert D., 1952- editor
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| LC no. |
2018050670 |
| ISBN |
9780253040084 |
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0253040086 |
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9780253040091 |
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0253040094 |
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0253040108 |
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9780253040107 |
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