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A remarkable labor of love, Harold Langley's substantial volume records the lives of early U.S. naval surgeons, the engagements in which they were involved and the casualties they treated, in painstaking and often gory detail.
Chronicling half a century of history in acomprehendible, yet thorough fashion is no easy task. In A History of Medicine in the Early U.S. Navy, Harold Langley is able to accomplish both... an impressive overview of medicine in the early Navy.
Book Details
List of Illustrations
Preface
Secretaries of the Navy, 1798-1843
Chapter 1. The Health, Welfare, and Safety of Seamen
Chapter 2. The Quasi-War with France
Chapter 3. Medicine and Health in the Quasi-War
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List of Illustrations
Preface
Secretaries of the Navy, 1798-1843
Chapter 1. The Health, Welfare, and Safety of Seamen
Chapter 2. The Quasi-War with France
Chapter 3. Medicine and Health in the Quasi-War
Chapter 4. The Barbary Wars
Chapter 5. New Orleans
Chapter 6. Medical Care Ashore: Boston
Chapter 7. Naval Health Care in the North and South
Chapter 8. Washington, D.C.
Chapter 9. The War of 1812 at Sea
Chapter 10. The War of 1812 Ashore
Chapter 11. The War of 1812 on the Lakes
Chapter 12. Toward a More Professional Service
Chapter 13. Health Care and Hospitals, 1816-1829
Chapter 14. Continuing Reform Efforts
Chapter 15. Health Problems, 1829-1842
Chapter 16. The Growth of Professionalism
Chapter 17. Establishment of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index