Chimborazo: The Confederacy*s Largest Hospital

Before the Civil War, explains Green (history, Wayland Baptist U., New Mexico) hospitals were dirty and disreputable places fit only for the destitute and people who had no family to care for them. But when hostilities began, both armies realized that they needed institutions to care for soldiers far from home and in need of expert medical care. Drawing on the records of the largest and best known hospitable in operation during the war, in Richmond, Virginia, she explores wider questions about the war and its impact on the practice--if not the theory--of medicine. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)