"A manual of military surgery; or, hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice."
Dublin Core
Title
"A manual of military surgery; or, hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice."
Subject
Surgery, Military
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
Description
S. D. Gross, professor of surgery at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, was one of the country's foremost operative surgeons. He designed this brief textbook on field surgery for emergencies: portable, easy of reference, always at hand. A Confederate version also appeared in 1861.
The woodcuts depict a probe and bullet-forceps.
The woodcuts depict a probe and bullet-forceps.
Abstract
A brief textbook on field surgeries.
Creator
Gross, Samuel D.
Publisher
Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861
Date Created
1861
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (33.M.1).
References
View the online catalog record.
Format
text
Extent
Excerpt (2 pages) from book
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0001666
Provenance
Deposited by the Boston Public Library with the Boston Medical Library, 1906.
Files
Collection
Citation
Gross, Samuel D., “"A manual of military surgery; or, hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice.",” OnView, accessed May 10, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6105.