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Book Title: Civil War Medicine : a Surgeon's Diary
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Robert Hicks
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Medical, History
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Item Weight: 28 Oz
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
