Medicine and the american revolution: how diseases and their treatments affected the colonial army
Auteur :
Reiss, Oscar
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786421602
Date de publication :
4 févr. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
386 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. From a physician's perspective, this is a unique history of the American Revolution and how diseases impacted the execution of the war effort. The medical histories of Washington and King George III are also provided.