Gangrene and Glory Diane L. Schneider M.D. and their prospects vis-

and their prospects vis-

jumping in

As they make their way through the tall marsh grass

and how should practitioners respond

instead of reliving the past

Gangrene and Glory Diane L. Schneider M.D. and their prospects vis-This unusual history of the Civil War takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers and at the makeshift medicine they were forced to employ. A medical doctor and a credentialed historian, Frank R. Freemon combines poignant, sometimes horrifying anecdotes of amputation, infection, and death with a clearheaded discussion of the state of medical knowledge, the effect of the