New Haven's Civil War hospital : a history of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865 / Ira Spar, M.D.

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

viii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.

Prologue -- One. Nineteenth-century medicine -- Two. The early lives of Pliny Adams Jewett and Jonathan Knight -- Three. Dr. Timothy Beers Townsend -- Four. Doctor's apprentice -- Five. The war governor and his agents -- Six. Regimental surgeon -- Seven. The Elm City -- Eight. Building a hospital -- Nine. Medical staff of Knight U.S. Army General Hospital -- Ten. Hospital steward -- Eleven. Nurses -- Twelve. Provost marshal and the patient -- Thirteen. Medicine and politics -- Fourteen. Private Pliny Adams Jewett -- Fifteen. The hospital closes -- Sixteen. To South Carolina and back -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- I. Townsend's charges -- II. Surgical class of Timothy Beers Townshend reported in MSHWR -- III. Graduates of Yale Medical School dying in service -- IV. Surgical class of Dr. Charles Lindsley reported in MSHWR -- V. Surgical case of Dr. Timothy H. Bishop listed in MSHWR -- VI. Surgical cases of Dr. William Casey listed in MSHWR -- VII. Surgical cases of Dr. Henry Pierpont listed in MSHWR -- VIII. Surgical cases of Frederick Levi Dibble listed in MSHWR -- IX. Reports from hospital steward -- X. Knight U.S. Army General Hospital statistics, 1863-65 -- XI. Union mortalities by means and race -- XII. Mortality statistics in five military conflicts.