Empty sleeves : amputation in the Civil War South /

Empty sleeves : amputation in the Civil War South /

This will be the first book about the Civil War to examine the meaning of amputation, and of amputees, in the U.S. South. Brian Craig Miller provides medical history of the procedure, looks at men who rejected amputation, and examines how Southern men and women adjusted their ideas about honor, masc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Brian Craig (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Series:Uncivil wars.
Subjects:
Amputees > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Amputation > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Surgery, Military > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Disabled veterans > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Masculinity > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Amputees > psychology.
Amputees > rehabilitation > history > United States.
Amputees > rehabilitation > history > Confederate States of America.
Amputation > history > United States.
Amputation > history > Confederate States of America.
Military Medicine > history > United States.
Military Medicine > history > Confederate States of America.
American Civil War.
History, 19th Century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.

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