Description: The Hospital Steward’s Manual. Hardcover in very good condition overall. Extremely rare book that appeals to a collector interested in medicine, military, and Civil War history. "For the Instruction of Hospital Stewards, Ward-Masters, and Attendants, in Their Several Duties. Prepared in strict accordance with existing regulations and the customs of service in the armies of the United States of America, and rendered authoritative by order of the Surgeon-General." Lt.-Col. J. J. Woodward (1833-1884) was a Philadelphia surgeon who enlisted with the Army of the Potomac in June 1861. In May 1862 he was assigned to the office of the surgeon general in Washington where he planned hospital construction. His other claims to fame include performing autopsies on both Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and attending to President Garfield after he was shot. Book is in lovely condition overall. See all photos for condition. There is some separation in the binding in the back half of the book, but it is still intact as a copy.
Price: 795 USD
Location: Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Joseph Janvier Woodward, M. D
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Topic: Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Military & War
Year Printed: 1862
