Identifier: withsabrescalpelwyet (find matches)
Title: With sabre and scalpel : the autobiography of a soldier and surgeon
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Wyeth, John A. (John Allan), 1845-1922
Subjects: Wyeth, John A. (John Allan), 1845-1922 Wyeth family Confederate States of America. Army. Morgan's Cavalry Division Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry, 4th. Company I Soldiers Surgeons Medicine Surgery American Civil War General Surgery
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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