Civil War pharmacy : a history of drugs, drug supply and provision, and therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy / Michael A. Flannery.

New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, [2004], ©2004.

xvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-347) and index.

Civil War pharmacy and medicine : comparisons and contexts -- The state of pharmacy in America, 1861 -- Angels of mercy : women and Civil War pharmacy -- The principals : medical purveyors and hospital stewards -- The supplies : drug distribution and manufacturing -- The medicines : a military materia medica and therapeutics -- The remedies of choice : calomel and quinine -- Administration -- Fighting more with less --The materia medica.

Fighting more with less: an appraisal -- The materia medica -- Prescribing and dispensing in camp, hospital, and home -- Wartime shortages take their toll.