Hand-Book for the Military Surgeon: Being a Compendium of the Duties of the Medical Officer in the Field, the Sanitary Management of the Camp, the Preparation of Food, etc.; with Forms for the Requisitions for Supplies, Returns, etc.; the Diagnosis and Treatment of Camp Dysentery; and All the Important Points in War Surgery: Including Gunshot Wounds, Amputation, Wounds of the Chest, Abdomen, Arteries and Head, and the Use of Chloroform. FIRST EDITION

TRIPLER, Charles S. & George C. BLACKMAN

Published by Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1861., 1861

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3 leaves, 121 pp, xlii. Original cloth, recently rebacked with original spine preserved. Two ink stamps on title page. Slip with biographical information written in ink has been tipped to the gutter of the title page. Good. First Edition. "In 1861 Tripler was first appointed medical director of General Patterson's Army in the Shenandoah Valley. Upon General McClellan's assuming chief command, he was made general director of the Army of the Potomac and organized the medical service in that department" (Kelly & Burrage). In July 1862, after the Peninsular campaign, Tripler was replaced by Jonathan Letterman. Rutkow, The History of Surgery in the United States, Vol. I, GS51. Freemon, Microbes and Minie Balls, p. 128. Adams, Doctors in Blue, pp. 22, 26, 53, 60, 71-73. Tripler was also the author of Manual of the Medical Officer of the Army of the United States. Part 1. Recruiting and the Inspection of Recruits (1858). Seller Inventory # 14006

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hand-Book for the Military Surgeon: Being a ...

Publisher: Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1861.

Publication Date: 1861

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition