Civil War pharmacy : a history of drugs, drug supply and provision, and therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy / Michael A. Flannery.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flannery, Michael A., 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, ©2004.
Series:	Pharmaceutical heritage.
Subjects:	Pharmacy > United States > History > 19th century. Medicine, Military > United States > History > 19th century. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care. Pharmacy > history > United States. History of Medicine, 19th Cent. > United States. Military Medicine > history > United States.

Table of Contents:

Civil War pharmacy and medicine : comparisons and contexts
The state of pharmacy in America, 1861
Angels of mercy : women and Civil War pharmacy
The principals : medical purveyors and hospital stewards
The supplies : drug distribution and manufacturing
The medicines : a military materia medica and therapeutics
The remedies of choice : calomel and quinine
Administration
Fighting more with less
The materia medica
Epilogue : "The consciousness of duty faithfully performed" : an appraisal of Civil War pharmacy.

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