| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
""Companion to Mercy Street on PBS"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital -- Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensable -- Leaving Mansion house Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Publisher's description. |
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The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. Toler tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital. Women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, and Anne Reading saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and working conditions were abysmal-- but they met the challenges every step of the way. |
| Subject |
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
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Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902.
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Reading, Anne.
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Nurses -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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| Added Author |
Scott, Ridley, author of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Mercy Street (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0316392073 (hardcover) |
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9780316392075 (hardcover) |
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