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001 2013040953
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008 131101t20142014ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013040953
020 $a9780786476824 (softcover : alkaline paper)
020 $a0786476826 (softcover : alkaline paper)
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050 00 $aE621$b.S69 2014
082 00 $a974.6/803$223
100 1 $aSpar, Ira,$d1943-
245 10 $aNew Haven's Civil War hospital :$ba history of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865 /$cIra Spar, M.D.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina ;$aLondon :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $aviii, 258 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- One. Nineteenth-century medicine -- Two. The early lives of Pliny Adams Jewett and Jonathan Knight -- Three. Dr. Timothy Beers Townsend -- Four. Doctor's apprentice -- Five. The war governor and his agents -- Six. Regimental surgeon -- Seven. The Elm City -- Eight. Building a hospital -- Nine. Medical staff of Knight U.S. Army General Hospital -- Ten. Hospital steward -- Eleven. Nurses -- Twelve. Provost marshal and the patient -- Thirteen. Medicine and politics -- Fourteen. Private Pliny Adams Jewett -- Fifteen. The hospital closes -- Sixteen. To South Carolina and back -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- I. Townsend's charges -- II. Surgical class of Timothy Beers Townshend reported in MSHWR -- III. Graduates of Yale Medical School dying in service -- IV. Surgical class of Dr. Charles Lindsley reported in MSHWR -- V. Surgical case of Dr. Timothy H. Bishop listed in MSHWR -- VI. Surgical cases of Dr. William Casey listed in MSHWR -- VII. Surgical cases of Dr. Henry Pierpont listed in MSHWR -- VIII. Surgical cases of Frederick Levi Dibble listed in MSHWR -- IX. Reports from hospital steward -- X. Knight U.S. Army General Hospital statistics, 1863-65 -- XI. Union mortalities by means and race -- XII. Mortality statistics in five military conflicts.
520 2 $a"This history of Knight U.S. General Hospital, chosen because of available medical expertise, access to rail and water transportation and a pre-existing state hospital for the indigent, discusses the hospital's construction and operation during the war, the state of medicine at the time, as well as the administrative side of providing care to sick and wounded soldiers"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aKnight U.S. General Hospital (New Haven, Conn.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aConnecticut$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xHospitals.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xHospitals.
650 0 $aMedicine, Military$zConnecticut$zNew Haven$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSurgery, Military$zConnecticut$zNew Haven$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aNew Haven (Conn.)$xHistory, Military$y19th century.
651 0 $aNew Haven (Conn.)$xSocial conditions$y19th century.