Numbering the North's medical events : humanitarianism and science in civil war statistics / James H. Cassedy.
Abstract:
'This paper examines the interrelated wartime numerations and pursuits of quantative medical knowledge by individuals and organizational components of the medical and philanthropic communities ... In the context of the Northern pursuit of the war ... I have tried to illustrate and describe what proved to be a climatic phase of America's early enthusiasm for what we think of today as simple statistics.'
Bulletin of the history of medicine Vol. 66 (1992), p. 210-233