Mending broken soldiers : the Union and Confederate programs to supply artificial limbs / Guy R. Hasegawa ; with a foreword by James M. Schmidt.

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2012], ©2012.

xiii, 126 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Melancholy Harvest -- The Best Substitutes Known to Art -- Noble Charity -- Good and Serviceable Limbs -- An Act of Esteem and Gratitude -- Manifold Difficulties -- Magnificent Benefaction -- Appendix A: Makers and Inventors Associated with the Union and Confederate Artificial-Limbs Programs -- Appendix B: Artificial Limbs and Resection Apparatus Supplied to U.S. Soldiers and Sailors by May 10, 1866.