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1 online resource |
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text file rda |
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Foreword -- Introduction -- 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 indispensible -- Leaving Mansion house Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Suggestions for furtherr reading -- Index. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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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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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. |
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Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902. |
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American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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Nurses -- United States -- Biography.
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Medical care. |
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Nurses. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9780316392044 : $81.00 |
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0316392049 : $81.00 |
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