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New Haven's Civil War Hospital - A History of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865 (Paperback)
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New Haven's Civil War Hospital - A History of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865 (Paperback)
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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. New Haven, Connecticut, was
chosen as the site for a new military hospital because of available
medical expertise, ready access to rail and water transportation
and a pre-existing state hospital for the indigent. Pliny Adams
Jewett, next in line to become chief of surgery at Yale, sacrificed
his private practice and eventually his future in New Haven to
serve as chief of staff of the new thousand-bed Knight U.S. General
Hospital. The ""War Governor,"" William Buckingham, personally
financed hospital construction while supporting needy soldiers and
their families. He appointed state agents to scour battlefields and
hospitals to ensure his state's soldiers got the best care while
encouraging their transfer to the hospital in New Haven. This
history of the hospital's construction and operation during the war
discusses the state of medicine at the time as well as the
administrative side of providing care to sick and wounded soldiers.
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