TWO CIVIL WAR MEDICAL WORKS.

TWO CIVIL WAR MEDICAL WORKS. VIRCHOW, RUDOLPH. Cellular Pathology as based upon Physiological and Pathological Histology. New York: Robert M. de Witt, 1860. 8vo, rebound with original cloth covers laid down. FIRST EDITION in English. His best work . . . one of the most important books in the history of medicine and the foundation stone of cellular pathology'--Garrison-Morton 2299. Grolier/Horblit 99; Printing and the Mind of Man 307c; Heirs of Hippocrates 1892. HAMMOND, WILLIAM. 1828-1900. A Treatise on Hygiene with Special Reference to the Military Service. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1863. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, some rubbing and light wear. FIRST EDITION. Exhaustive monograph on military medicine by the pioneering physiologist and neurologist who became Surgeon General includes 74 illustrations. William Hammond 'upon the outbreak of the Civil War, reentered the Army where his outstanding performance earned him appointment as Surgeon General in 1862. Unfortunately he clashed with Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and was ultimately dismissed from military service in 1864. During Hammond's tenure as Surgeon General he accomplished many reforms which transformed the medical services of the army and made them much more efficient and effective. It was during his extremely busy time as Surgeon General that the present work on military hygiene was written and published. Hygienic standards were still very poor in the United States Army and soldiers often died because of inadequate medical care, poor sanitary conditions, and lack of attention to proper shelter and nutrition. Hammond noted there was no comprehensive, up-to-date treatise on the subject and so he prepared this work to meet that need. A thorough and detailed book, it contains many of the ideas and principles that Hammond instituted in his reform of the army medical service' (Heirs of Hippocrates 1941). 'This work ... includes floor plans on all the major hospitals in the world, telling what is good and bad about each on. He is most critical of the one built by his predecessor at Hilton Head, South Carolina' (Freeman 65). Saleroom notices: The covers of both books bear the gilt-embossed mark of the U.S. Army Medical Department. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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The covers of both books bear the gilt-embossed mark of the U.S. Army Medical Department.