• Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs by Guy R. Hasegawa (SIU Press, 2025 pb ed).
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Booknotes: "Mending Broken Soldiers" paperback edition
New Arrival:
• Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs by Guy R. Hasegawa (SIU Press, 2025 pb ed).
From the description: Guy Hasegawa's Mending Broken Soldiers is "the first volume to explore the wartime provisions made for amputees in need of artificial limbs—programs that were the forebears of modern governmental efforts to assist in the rehabilitation of wounded service members. Hasegawa offers a comprehensive look at the artificial-limb industry, including detailed descriptions of the ingenious designs employed by manufacturers; illustrations and photographs of period prosthetics; accounts of the rapid advancement of medical technology during the Civil War; and in-depth examinations of the companies that manufactured limbs for soldiers and bid for contracts, including at least one still in existence today."
This is the new paperback reissue of the book. I reviewed the first edition hardcover back in 2012. To read it, go HERE.
• Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs by Guy R. Hasegawa (SIU Press, 2025 pb ed).
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