{"product_id":"richmonds-wartime-hospitals-keyser-tim-9781589802971","title":"Richmond's Wartime Hospitals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis history of Civil War medical practice examines the harrowing circumstances faced by doctors and hospitals in Virginia's capitol.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Civil War erupted toward the end of a period known as \"the medical Middle Ages,\" before modern knowledge of bacteria and antiseptics. Doctors of the time, who were considered fully trained after only two-years of study, had few diagnostic tools beyond their own reckoning at hand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While medical science saw significant advances during the Civil War, hospitals in the Southern states faced overwhelming casualties with few supplies and inadequate personnel. In this study of wartime medical facilities in Richmond, Virginia, Rebecca Calcutt illustrates how exhausted resources rapidly defeated southern doctors' heroic efforts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond's Wartime Hospitals\u003c\/i\u003e covers the more than fifty hospitals, covering each facility's location, dates of operation, and surgeon in charge. Where archival information is available, Calcutt includes detailed descriptions of the buildings, first-person accounts of day-to-day operations, and other historical anecdotes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keyser Tim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589802977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589802971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pelican Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.88w x 0.86d","brand":"Keyser Tim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799208177919,"sku":"9781589802971","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/richmonds-wartime-hospitals-keyser-tim-9781589802971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}