Medicine and the American Revolution how diseases and their treatments affected the colonial army
A retired physician offers a unique history of the American Revolution, pointing out that nearly nine times as many people died from disease than from fighting. He traces such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, and smallpox to poor diet, inadequate sanitation, and sometimes a lack of basic medic...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Jefferson, NC u.a.
McFarland
1998
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1700-1800
> Geschichte 1775-1783
> Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog
> Gezondheidszorg
> Krijgsmacht
> Geschichte
> Gesundheitswesen
> History, 18th Century
> Medicine, Military
> History
> Military Medicine
> history
> Sanitätsdienst
> Militärmedizin
> Infektionskrankheit
> Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
> USA
> United States
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | A retired physician offers a unique history of the American Revolution, pointing out that nearly nine times as many people died from disease than from fighting. He traces such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, and smallpox to poor diet, inadequate sanitation, and sometimes a lack of basic medical care. He also includes medical histories of Washington and King George III. |
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| Beschreibung: | VII, 278 S. |
| ISBN: | 0786403381 0-7864-0338-1 |