Guy R. Hasegawa is a retired editor and pharmacist living in suburban Maryland. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books on Civil War medicine and is a frequent contributor to Civil War Navy--The Magazine.

Table of Contents


Foreword by Gary McQuarrie

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Beginnings of the Medical Corps

¿2.¿Building a Nucleus

¿3.¿Wanted: More Medical Officers

¿4.¿Standing of Naval Medical Officers

¿5.¿Surgeons' Stewards and Hospital Stewards

¿6.¿Civilian Physicians

¿7.¿Medical Officers' Assignments

¿8.¿Surgeons Afloat

¿9.¿Medical Purveying

10.¿Hospitals

11.¿Treating the Sick

12.¿Rendering Judgments

13.¿Sundry Activities

14.¿End and Aftermath of the War

Conclusion

Appendix A. Commissioned Medical Officers in the CSN

Appendix B. Duties of Medical Officers

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

The Confederate Navy's medical service is usually overlooked in histories of the Civil War, yet it was vital in maintaining the fighting strength of the South's navy and marine corps. Confederate medical officers not only manned war vessels, they staffed navy yards and land-based hospitals, gathered supplies, participated in raids, examined recruits, and even served at defensive shore batteries. Many such officers had served in the United States Navy, while others were recruited from civil life. Enlisted personnel and civilian physicians also helped the navy provide medical care--used in managing battle wounds and other injuries but more often devoted to preventing and treating disease. Malaria was particularly common among sailors and marines stationed in the swampy regions of the South.
This book, the first devoted entirely to the medical corps of the Confederate navy, provides a carefully researched look at the men, structure, facilities, and activities of the organization. A complete list of men known to have been commissioned as naval medical officers is included.