American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

(A Private Collection - Research and Identification Project)

Civil War Era Surgical Sets, Surgeon's Swords & Images

Civil War Surgeon Education & Civil War Medicine Text-books

Established 1995      .   .   .     Dr. Michael Echols

As seen in: Military Images Magazine, American's Civil War Magazine, Warman's Civil War Collectibles, Antique Week, Northeast Antiques, Civil War Army Swords, Civil War Times Illustrated, various TV programs, Antiques & Collecting publications

 

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U. S. Army Hospital Department Bottle Colors

Color Examples

From an article by Mike Russell, in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Magazine,  May, 2005

Shape variations of U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. embossed bottles

Civil War Medicine Containers in the Echols' collection

 

Left: an aqua (clear) wide mouth

Middle left: cobalt with flat applied mouth

Middle right: green with double applied mouth

Right: cobalt, oval base wide mouth

   

Color variations of U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. embossed quart bottles

1. Medium emerald green

2. Bright yellow with faint amber tone

3. Reddish amber shading to yellowish amber

4. Medium copper with deeper puce striations

5. Golden yellow or apricot

1.          2.         3.          4.           5.
6. Yellowish green (citron)

7. Cobalt blue

8. Medium olive green with slight amber tone

9. Medium golden amber with swirled puce in lower

10. Lime green

    6.           7.          8.           9.        10.

(This article was written by Mike Russell with information he collected over a number of years.  It was first published in the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Magazine, in June 1989 and reprinted in May, 2005.  All photos and content are copyrighted by Mike Russell.)

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Medical Collections          

Direct links to all medical & Civil War collections on this site

American Surgical Sets:        Pre-1861:  1 | 2    -    Civil War:  4 | 5 | 6 | 7     -    Post-1865:  3 

Medical Text-Books:

1 | 1a | 2 | 2a | 3 | 3a | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9a | 10 | 11 | 12

Medical Lecture Cards:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

Surgeon CDV Images:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Medical Staff Swords:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17

Hosp Dept Bottles & Tins:

1 | 2 | 3 |

 

Currently Seeking to Purchase for this Collection

Partial or Incomplete surgical sets or instruments by:  Snowden, Tiemann, Gemrig, Kolbe', Hernstein

 Any medical instrument or book marked:   U.S.A. / Hosp. Dep't.  or  U.S.A. / Med. Department

Medical Antiques Wanted List                             Contact Dr. Michael Echols

American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

This site is an active on-going collection and research project.  Additions are actively being sought.  Information and evaluations on pre-1865 material are gladly provided to individuals, universities, authors, archivists, museums, libraries, auction houses, antique dealers, and researchers. 

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Last update: Thursday, March 11, 2010