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Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an American surgeon credited as being the originator of the modern methods of medical organization in armies. Dr. Letterman is known today as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine." His system enabled thousands of wounded men to be recovered and treated during the American Civil War.
In this book, "Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac," Doctor Letterman, outlines the system he developed for revolutionizing battlefield medicine, as the medical director of the Army of the Potomac. Prior to his appointment & the institution of his system, the wounded were collected as "catch can" which resulted in long delays, unnecessary suffering, & needless deaths. The army reeled from inefficient treatment of casualties in the battles of the "Peninsula" Campaign, in June 1862, which showed how woefully inadequate the Union Medical Department was. Letterman immediately set to reorganizing the Medical Service of the fledgling army, having obtained from army commander Major-General McCellan the charter to do whatever was necessary to improve the system.
By the time of the Battle of Antietam in September, Letterman had devised a system of forward first aid stations at the regimental level, where principles of triage were first instituted. He established mobile field hospitals to be located at division and corps headquarters. This was all connected by an efficient ambulance corps, established by Letterman in August 1862, under the control of medical staff instead of the Quartermaster Department, as well as, arranging an efficient system for the distribution of medical supplies.
Letterman proved the efficiency of his system at the Battle of Fredericksburg in which the Army of the Potomac suffered 12,000 casualties. After this show of proficiency, his system was adopted by other Union armies and was eventually officially established as the medical procedure for the entirety of the United States' armies by an Act of Congress in March 1864. The greatest casualties for his army were suffered at the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. To deal with more than 14,000 Union woundBooks with free ebook downloads available Free Download Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac (With Interactive Table Of Contents) [Kindle Edition]
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- Publisher: Maine Book Barn Publishing; 1 edition (October 12, 1866)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B008C9LUEQ
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"Battles can be won with bandages"
An amazing history/writings of Jonathan Letterman who is the founding father of military medicine. The innovations he created for the Civil War are efficient and avant-garde then as it is now; ambulances, forward aid stations, mobile field hospitals, orthopedics, rehabilitation therapy, (research into artificial blood) - are just a few. The impact he had immediately in saving men (North and South) in the Civil War is echoed in the roles he carved in modern medicine & military medicine of the 21st century. You read his words and thoughts as he recognizes problems and creates solutions; ambulances, emergency rooms, providing good food, preventing scurvy, invented the roles that would become PAs, paramedics & CRNA. How by sending less they had more and were able to treat people faster and better (and the prisoners). Soldiers were given faster and better care, prevention of infectious diseases (that got more people than injury). IT IS ALL THERE. If you have an interest in medicine or the military, this is an AMAZING book.
By Word Smythe
It is sad he is mainly unknown because his contributions to medicine during the CW are still in effect today in emergency rooms and battle zones all over.
By Sheila Bloom
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