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Mending Broken Soldiers - The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs (Hardcover)
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Mending Broken Soldiers - The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs (Hardcover)
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The four years of the Civil War saw bloodshed on a scale
unprecedented in the history of the United States. Thousands of
soldiers and sailors from both sides who survived the horrors of
the war faced hardship for the rest of their lives as amputees. Now
Guy R. Hasegawa presents the first volume to explore the wartime
provisions made for amputees in need of artificial limbs--programs
that, while they revealed stark differences between the resources
and capabilities of the North and the South, were the forebears of
modern government efforts to assist in the rehabilitation of
wounded service members. Hasegawa draws upon numerous sources of
archival information to offer a comprehensive look at the
artificial limb industry as a whole, including accounts of the
ingenious designs employed by manufacturers and the rapid
advancement of medical technology during the Civil War;
illustrations and photographs of period prosthetics; and in-depth
examinations of the companies that manufactured limbs for soldiers
and bid for contracts, including at least one still in existence
today. An intriguing account of innovation, determination,
humanitarianism, and the devastating toll of battle, Mending Broken
Soldiers shares the never-before-told story of the artificial-limb
industry of the Civil War and provides a fascinating glimpse into
groundbreaking military health programs during the most tumultuous
years in American history. Univeristy Press Books for Public and
Secondary Schools 2013 edition
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