New Haven's Civil War Hospital: A History of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865

by Ira Spar

As the Civil War's toll mounted, an antiquated medical system faced a deluge of sick and wounded soldiers. In response, the United States created a national care system primarily funded and regulated by the federal government. When New Haven, Connecticut, was chosen as the site for a new military hospital, Pliny Adams Jewett, next in line to become chief of surgery at Yale, sacrificed his private practice and eventually his future in New Haven...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786476826
• ISBN13: 9780786476824
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher