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Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May Alcott · 1863

Cover of Hospital Sketches
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An account of Alcott's stint as a nurse for wounded soldiers in Washington, D. C. during the winter of American Civil War in 1862-1863.

BiographyCareer in nursingClassic LiteratureFictionHistoryHospitalsMedical careMilitary hospitalsMilitary nursingNursesPersonal narrativesAmerican Civil War