The evolution of battlefield surgery during the Civil War
In the beginning: ill-prepared and overwhelmed
Sects and science: Civil War medicine in context
Civil War surgery: desperate measures for desperate wounds
"Thank God for Jonathan Letterman" : field surgeons, field hospitals, and ambulances
Amputations and excisions: "experience teaches"
Learning to treat wounds: the surgeons, the operations, and the results
Wound infections: laudable and not-so-laudable pus
Treating disease: questionable drugs and "heroic" therapies
Epidemic diseases in recruits
Nature's scourges: epidemic diseases on parade
Disease among the troops: real, imagined, and imitated
Scurvy and other "dietic diseases": desiccated vegetables and deteriorating health
Chronic diarrhea: it takes good guts to be a good soldier
Prison camps: the most appalling story
Women of the Civil War: soldiers, sisters, and socialites
Re-evaluating Civil War medical care: shattering the myths.
