The Irritable Heart of Soldiers and the Origins of Anglo-American Cardiology: The U.S. Civil War (1861) to World War I (1918)

doi:10.1056/NEJM200304173481623

Volume 348:1611-1612		April 17, 2003		Number 16

The Irritable Heart of Soldiers and the Origins of Anglo-American Cardiology: The U.S. Civil War (1861) to World War I (1918)

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(The History of Medicine in Context.) By Charles F. Wooley. 321 pp. Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Ashgate, 2002. $99.95. ISBN 0-7546-0595-7.

The American Civil War (1861 to 1865) was the first major conflictof the industrial age, and the progressive industrializationof warfare that occurred over the subsequent 100 years led tounprecedented loss of life. The loss of over 600,000 men inthat war was almost more than the fledgling United States couldbear, but it was trifling in comparison with what was to comein World War I (1914 to 1918). Of the 65 million men who tookup arms during the "war to end all wars," an estimated 10 millionwere killed and 20 million wounded. French and . . . [Full Text of this Article]