Identifier: MSHWRMedical3 (find matches)
Title: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume)
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
Subjects: Civil War military medicine Medicine, Military -- History United States Medical care United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical and sanitary affairs
Publisher: Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine
Contributing Library: U.S. Army Medical Museum

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