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Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War
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Title: Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War
Author: Ph.D. Pamela D. Toler
Publisher: Little Brown and Company, New York
Published: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 287
Catalogs: Nursing History, American Civil War
Description: Original blue paper boards with silver lettering on spine, and with dust-jacket in near-fine condition. Slight bumping to corners. No markings inside. This is the companion book to Mercy Street on PBS, with an introduction by Ridley Scott. Publisher's description: The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. While the country was at war, these women learned to advocate and care for patients in hostile settings, saved countless lives, and changed the profession forever. They regularly fell ill with no one to nurse them in return, seethed in anger at the indifference and inefficiency that left wounded men on the battlefield without care, and all to often mourned for those they could not rescue. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street. Women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, and Anne Reading rushed to be of service to their country during the war, meeting challenges every step of the way that would discourage less determined souls. They saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before; diseases like typhoid and dysentery were rampant; and working conditions were abysmal--both physically and emotionally. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and books written by these nursing pioneers, Pamela D. Toler has created a fascinating portrait of true heroines, shining a light on their personal contributions during one of our country's most turbulent periods. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, near fine condition. 287 pages, octavo. ISBN: 9780316392075
Author: Ph.D. Pamela D. Toler
Publisher: Little Brown and Company, New York
Published: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 287
Catalogs: Nursing History, American Civil War
Description: Original blue paper boards with silver lettering on spine, and with dust-jacket in near-fine condition. Slight bumping to corners. No markings inside. This is the companion book to Mercy Street on PBS, with an introduction by Ridley Scott. Publisher's description: The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. While the country was at war, these women learned to advocate and care for patients in hostile settings, saved countless lives, and changed the profession forever. They regularly fell ill with no one to nurse them in return, seethed in anger at the indifference and inefficiency that left wounded men on the battlefield without care, and all to often mourned for those they could not rescue. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street. Women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, and Anne Reading rushed to be of service to their country during the war, meeting challenges every step of the way that would discourage less determined souls. They saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before; diseases like typhoid and dysentery were rampant; and working conditions were abysmal--both physically and emotionally. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and books written by these nursing pioneers, Pamela D. Toler has created a fascinating portrait of true heroines, shining a light on their personal contributions during one of our country's most turbulent periods. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, near fine condition. 287 pages, octavo. ISBN: 9780316392075
