{"product_id":"marrow-of-tragedy-paperback","title":"Marrow of Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Humphreys\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoldiers lay wounded or sick as both sides struggled to get them fit to return to battle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, George Rosen Prize, American Association for the History of Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate governments scrambled to provide doctoring and nursing, supplies, and shelter for those felled by warfare or disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the war soldiers suffered from measles, dysentery, and pneumonia and needed both preventive and curative food and medicine. Family members--especially women--and governments mounted organized support efforts, while army doctors learned to standardize medical thought and practice. Resources in the north helped return soldiers to battle, while Confederate soldiers suffered hunger and other privations and healed more slowly, when they healed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling the stories of soldiers, families, physicians, nurses, and administrators, historian Margaret Humphreys concludes that medical science was not as limited at the beginning of the war as has been portrayed. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war--and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, George Rosen Prize, American Association for the History of Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate governments scrambled to provide doctoring and nursing, supplies, and shelter for those felled by warfare or disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the war soldiers suffered from measles, dysentery, and pneumonia and needed both preventive and curative food and medicine. Family members--especially women--and governments mounted organized support efforts, while army doctors learned to standardize medical thought and practice. Resources in the north helped return soldiers to battle, while Confederate soldiers suffered hunger and other privations and healed more slowly, when they healed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling the stories of soldiers, families, physicians, nurses, and administrators, historian Margaret Humphreys concludes that medical science was not as limited at the beginning of the war as has been portrayed. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war--and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn immensely readable synthesis of what [Humphreys] terms 'the greatest health disaster that this country has ever experienced.' --\u003ci\u003eThe News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumphreys' work accomplishes several tasks. It puts mid-nineteenth century health care through a prism of military concerns, civilian responses to war, medical science, and women's environment. It offers clear and concise depictions of individuals and their vendettas, such as military officers embracing or not tolerating civilian efforts. \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003epresents a compelling story of Americans, civilian and military, struggling together to do acts of mercy and create better environments during an era of brother against brother bloodshed.--\u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many ways, \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e is likely to remain the definitive general medical history of the war for years to come. . . The book has high production values and makes one of the most important contributions to our understanding of that so-called third army of the Civil War--disease--and the efforts of those on both sides of the Mason-Dixon to fight it. It needs to be read by specialists \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e nonspecialists alike and should find a place on the shelf of every academic library worthy of the name.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Humphreys has made a significant contribution to the literature of Civil War medicine and of medicine in general by sharply focusing on rear-echelon military healthcare. She adroitly uses primary and secondary sources to explain the implications of such innovations as hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, reforms in sanitation, and the employment of women as nurses and other healthcare workers. For anyone interested in war and medicine, \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e shines a bright light on previously unexplored aspects of the Civil War and their impact on American society.--\u003ci\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMargaret Humphreys\u003c\/b\u003e is the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, a professor of history, and a professor of medicine at Duke University. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMalaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYellow Fever and the South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--James C. Mohr, University of Oregon \"Blue and Gray Magazine\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, George Rosen Prize, American Association for the History of Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate governments scrambled to provide doctoring and nursing, supplies, and shelter for those felled by warfare or disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the war soldiers suffered from measles, dysentery, and pneumonia and needed both preventive and curative food and medicine. Family members--especially women--and governments mounted organized support efforts, while army doctors learned to standardize medical thought and practice. Resources in the north helped return soldiers to battle, while Confederate soldiers suffered hunger and other privations and healed more slowly, when they healed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling the stories of soldiers, families, physicians, nurses, and administrators, historian Margaret Humphreys concludes that medical science was not as limited at the beginning of the war as has been portrayed. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war--and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An immensely readable synthesis of what [Humphreys] terms 'the greatest health disaster that this country has ever experienced.' \"--\u003ci\u003eThe News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Humphreys' work accomplishes several tasks. It puts mid-nineteenth century health care through a prism of military concerns, civilian responses to war, medical science, and women's environment. It offers clear and concise depictions of individuals and their vendettas, such as military officers embracing or not tolerating civilian efforts. \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003epresents a compelling story of Americans, civilian and military, struggling together to do acts of mercy and create better environments during an era of brother against brother bloodshed.\"--\u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In many ways, \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e is likely to remain the definitive general medical history of the war for years to come. . . The book has high production values and makes one of the most important contributions to our understanding of that so-called third army of the Civil War--disease--and the efforts of those on both sides of the Mason-Dixon to fight it. It needs to be read by specialists \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e nonspecialists alike and should find a place on the shelf of every academic library worthy of the name.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Margaret Humphreys has made a significant contribution to the literature of Civil War medicine and of medicine in general by sharply focusing on rear-echelon military healthcare. She adroitly uses primary and secondary sources to explain the implications of such innovations as hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, reforms in sanitation, and the employment of women as nurses and other healthcare workers. For anyone interested in war and medicine, \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e shines a bright light on previously unexplored aspects of the Civil War and their impact on American society.\"--\u003ci\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Humphreys\u003c\/b\u003e is the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, a professor of history, and a professor of medicine at Duke University. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMalaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYellow Fever and the South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Humphreys \u003c\/b\u003eis the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, a professor of history, and a professor of medicine at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYellow Fever and the South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624137388339,"sku":"9781421422770","price":63.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ODZhclZ4cDJxSTdseXhEeC9UTDNSUT09.webp?v=1761998269","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/marrow-of-tragedy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}