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Chimborazo: The Confederacy's Largest Hospital
Carol C. Green
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Description for Chimborazo: The Confederacy's Largest Hospital
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Chimborazo Hospital, just outside Richmond, Virginia, served as the Confederacy’s largest hospital for four years. During this time, it treated nearly eighty thousand patients, boasting a mortality rate of just over 11 percent. This book, the first full-length study of a facility that was vital to the Southern war effort, tells the story of those who lived and worked at Chimborazo.
Organized by Dr. James Brown McCaw, Chimborazo was an innovative hospital with well-trained physicians, efficient stewards, and a unique supply system. Physicians had access to the latest medical knowledge and specialists in Richmond. The hospital soon became a ... Read more
Chimborazo Hospital, just outside Richmond, Virginia, served as the Confederacy’s largest hospital for four years. During this time, it treated nearly eighty thousand patients, boasting a mortality rate of just over 11 percent. This book, the first full-length study of a facility that was vital to the Southern war effort, tells the story of those who lived and worked at Chimborazo.
Organized by Dr. James Brown McCaw, Chimborazo was an innovative hospital with well-trained physicians, efficient stewards, and a unique supply system. Physicians had access to the latest medical knowledge and specialists in Richmond. The hospital soon became a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781572335899
SKU
V9781572335899
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About Carol C. Green
Carol C. Green is dean and associate professor of history at Wayland Baptist University in Clovis, New Mexico.
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