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« An exceptional look at the growth of health care spurred by the Civil War? »—David J Kent, award-winning scientist and author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America « An exceptional look at the growth of health care spurred by the Civil War? »—David J Kent, award-winning scientist and author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America At the start of the Civil War, the medical field in America was rudimentary, unsanitary, and woefully underprepared to address what would become the bloodiest conflict on U.S. soil. However, in this historic moment of pivotal social and political change, medicine was also fast evolving to meet the needs of the time. Unprecedented strides were made in the science of medicine, and as women and African Americans were admitted into the field for the first time. The Civil War marked a revolution in healthcare as a whole, laying the foundations for the system we know today. In Healing a Divided Nation, Carole Adrienne will track this remarkable and bloody transformation in its cultural and historical context, illustrating how the advancements made in these four years reverberated throughout the western world for years to come. Analyzing the changes in education, society, humanitarianism, and technology in addition to the scientific strides of the period lends Healing a Divided Nation a uniquely wide lens to the topic, expanding the legacy of the developments made. The echoes of Civil War medicine are in every ambulance, every vaccination, every woman who holds a paying job, and in every Black university graduate. Those echoes are in every response of the International and American Red Cross and they are in the recommended international protocol for the treatment of prisoners of war and wounded soldiers. Beginning with the state of medicine at the outset of the war, when doctors did not even know about sterilizing their tools, Adrienne illuminates the transformation in American healthcare through primary source texts that document the lives and achievements of the individuals who pioneered these changes in medicine and society. The story that ensues is one of American innovation and resilience in the face of unparalleled violence, adding a new dimension to the legacy of the Civil War.

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en

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Couverture rigide

Date de sortie initiale

08 décembre 2022

Nombre de pages

364

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Auteur principal

Carole Adrienne

Editeur principal

Pegasus Books

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Libri GmbH

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36 mm

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36 mm

Largeur d’emballage

152 mm

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152 mm

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Non

Longueur d’emballage

229 mm

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229 mm

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549 g

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Non

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1

EAN

EAN

9781639361854

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Catégories

Médecine et Soins infirmiers

Histoire

Médecine générale

Histoire de la médecine

Guerres

Guerres civiles

Périodes

Histoire postmoderne

Régions et pays

Amérique du nord, centrale et sud

Livres

Livre, ebook ou livre audio ?

Livre

Disponibilité

Disponible à l’adresse suivante

Langue

Anglais

Type de livre

Hardcover