Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1985

JOSEPH JANVIER WOODWARD (1833-1884) Outlines of the chief camp diseases of the United States armies as observed during the present war. J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1863 xii, 364 pp. 22 cm.

Woodward, born and educated in Philadelphia, graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1853 and practiced medicine there until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the war, he served as assistant surgeon with the Army of the Potomac and was later in the Surgeon General's office in Washington. He was president of the American Medical Association in 1882 and also published numerous articles on microscopy, photomicrography, cancer, and other subjects. His most important work was the Medical history of the rebellion (see No. 2300). The present work is a direct result of his war experiences and was prepared to assist physicians who were not familiar with diseases common to the army. Woodward presents the chief features of such diseases as fevers, jaundice, malaria, pneumonia, and dysentery. He also includes his pathological observations as well as suggested therapies.

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