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Handbook 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.

Publication Details

Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co., 1861 CE.

Digital facsimile of second edition (1861) from Google Books at this link.

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#7735
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9907
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	handbook-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

Publication place: Cincinnati, OH