Recollections of a Civil War Medical Cadet, by Burt Green Wilder, edited by Richard M. Reid: Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2017. 160 pp., hardcover, $29.95

What he gives us, in this short book, is a picture of the workings at a new hospital both at the edge of the battlefield and at the heart of the capital. [...]at one point there were no medical students at Harvard Medical College, because all were engaged in the war, often as cadets. Recollections o...

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Published in:Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center 2018-07, Vol.31 (3), p.388-388
Main Author: Downs, John Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil war
Hospitals
Medical students
Military history
Surgeons
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Summary:What he gives us, in this short book, is a picture of the workings at a new hospital both at the edge of the battlefield and at the heart of the capital. [...]at one point there were no medical students at Harvard Medical College, because all were engaged in the war, often as cadets. Recollections of a Civil War Medical Cadet should be appreciated for what it is: an intimate view of a Civil War hospital from an astute and engaged junior student of medicine.
ISSN:0899-8280
1525-3252
DOI:10.1080/08998280.2018.1462054