"This collection provides insight into the thoughts and practices of the day. Therefore, readers can better understand what it was like not to have many of the medical innovations we take for granted today." "--Civil War News"
James M. Schmidt is a research scientist with a biotech firm and a contributor to the Artilleryman, Chemical Heritage, Learning Through History, North & South, Today's Chemist, and World War II. Guy R. Hasegawa is a senior editor of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.