Guy R. Hasegawa presents the first volume to explore the wartime provisions made for amputees in need of artificial limbs-programs that were the forebears of modern governmental efforts to assist in the rehabilitation of wounded service members. Hasegawa offers a comprehensive look at the artificial-limb industry, including detailed descriptions of the ingenious designs employed by manufacturers, illustrations and photographs of period prosthetics, accounts of the rapid advancement of medical technology during the Civil War, and in-depth examinations of the companies that manufactured limbs for soldiers and bid for contracts, including at least one still in existence today. An intriguing account of innovation, determination, humanitarianism, and the devastating toll of battle, Mending Broken Soldiers provides a fascinating glimpse into groundbreaking military health programs during the most tumultuous years in American history.
Titel
Mending Broken Soldiers
Untertitel
The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs
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9780809331314
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E-Book (pdf)
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Veröffentlichung
13.09.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
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