Battlefield Angels: Saving Lives Under Enemy Fire From Valley Forge to Afghanistan by Scott Mcgaugh

Battlefield Angels: Saving Lives Under Enemy Fire From Valley Forge to Afghanistan by Scott Mcgaugh

Author:Scott Mcgaugh
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Battlefield Angels, 20th Century, Modern, General, Military, Medical, History
ISBN: 1849085153
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2011-07-01T00:00:00+00:00


Caspar Wistar and most physician’s assistants in the Revolutionary War were volunteers with little or no medical training. Some became doctors after the war in an era when there were no physician licensing standards. (University of Pennsylvania Archives)

Men wounded at Fredericksburg lie under a tree, waiting for medical treatment in a country estate that had been commandeered by Union troops and converted into a makeshift hospital on the eve of battle. Unprecedented Civil War casualties often overwhelmed army medical departments. (National Archives)



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