Civil War Era Civilian Surgical and Medical Texts
Authors:
George B. Woods,
S. D. Gross, Bedford, Meigs, Condie, Thomson, Braithwaite
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The following medical and surgical
texts were used immediately before or during the Civil War. They are a
window into a medical education as it was presented to the students and
surgeons who served in the War. There were a multitude of
medical
colleges in the late 1850's and 60's, as well as publishers who sold text
books from American, English and French authors. In all cases these
books, year and edition were listed in the Surgeon General's Office
catalogue of 1864.
A Practical
Treatise on the Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder, Prostate
Gland, and the Urethra, by S. D. Gross, M.D., (1851, 1st. edition)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional
information on Samuel
Gross
GROSS SAMUEL D.,
MD, Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES INJURIES AND
MALFORMATIONS OF THE URINARY BLADDER THE PROSTATE GLAND AND THE URETHRA
Second Edition revised and much enlarged with one hundred and eighty
four illustrations In one large and very handsome octavo volume of over
nine hundred page. In leather raised bands $5 25 extra cloth
$4.75.
| Lecture card for Samuel D. Gross,
M.D. while at Jefferson Medical College in 1869 |
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Receipt for Dr. J. A. Dortch from Lea & Blanchard
  
List of publications by Lea &
Blanchard in 1851
Clinical Lectures on
The Diseases of Women and Children, (1860) by Gunning S.
Bedford, M.D., University of New York
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on
Gunning Bedford, M.D.
and his relationship to Civil War era education. Textbooks
on Obstetrics and Children were present in the Surgeon General's
Office library during the Civil War, thus their presence
in this collection.
Treatise on
Obstetrics: The Science and Art, (1856, third edition)
by Charles D. Meigs, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on Charles D. Meigs, M.D.
Textbooks on Obstetrics and Children were present in the
Surgeon General's Office library during the Civil
War, thus their presence in this collection.
Treatise on
Diseases of Children, (1853), fourth edition) by D.
Francis Condie, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional
information on D. Francis Condie, M.D.
Textbooks on Obstetrics and Children were present in the
Surgeon General's Office library during the Civil
War, thus their presence in this collection.
CONDIE D. F MD, A
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OP CHILDREN Fifth
edition revised and augmented In one large volume 8vo
leather of over 750 pages $3 25, 1859.
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Publishers review 1852, 1865
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Diseases of the
Liver and Biliary Passages, by William Thomson, M.D. and
Illustrations of Diseases of the Liver and Spleen by William
Twining, (1842)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
  
Retrospective of Practical Medicine and
Surgery (A half-yearly journal) by W. & J. Braithwaite, M.D., (1861, 1862)
A copy of these text-books are
listed as being in the Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues of 1865.
Examples of the index from the 1862 issue
are posted as an example of the topics presented each year.
(1861 issue)
(1862 issue)
1862 Index of topics
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