Civil War Era Civilian Surgical and Medical Texts
Authors:
John Hunter, Joseph
Toynbee, William Mackenzie, Horace Dobell, Wharton T. Jones,
E. Bartlett, Austin Flint
Page Nine
The following medical and surgical
text books were used immediately before or during the Civil War. They are a
window into a medical education
and Civil War medicine 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.
Treatise on
the Blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds, (1817), by John Hunter, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
1864 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
(Note the attached insert
from the Civil War surgeon (image) adjacent to the title page, dated 1864.
Also, there is a page dedicated to Phillip Syng, M.D. by the editor, and one
to the King of England by John Hunter. A previous owner signature is
dated 1821.)
Additional information
on John Hunter, M.D.
Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment, (1860),
by Joseph Toynbee, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues and the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional
information on Joseph Toynbee, M.D.
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's
1860
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Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment, (1860),
by Joseph Toynbee, M.D., marked for the
"U.S. Army Hospital Department"
issue.
Note: This copy pre-dates the
start of the Civil War and is marked for the U. S. A. Hospital
Department, not the usual Medical Department, which is testimony to the
Hospital Department's existence prior to the War.
Another
example in this collection of a Hospital Department item pre-dating
the Civil War is the Goulding U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. surgical set used
during the Mexican War.
Note: The post-War signature of
the owner is that of E. D. Laughlin, who owned another Hospital
Department issue in this collection by Hammond on Hygiene. His
biography is linked below the signature.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues and the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's
1860
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Owner signature:
E. D. Laughlin, 1867
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A
Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, (1855), by William
Mackenzie, M.D.
Additional
information on William
Mackenzie, M.D.
MACKENZIE W. MD,
Burgeon Oculist in Scotland in ordinary to Her Majesty: A
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE EYE, To which
is prefixed an Anatomical Introduction explanatory of a Horizontal
Section ol the Human Eyeball bf Thomas Wharton Jones FRS. From the
Fourth Revised and Enlarged London Edition With Notes and Additions by
Addinell Howson MD, Surgeon to Wills Hospital. In one very large
and handsome octavo volume leather raised bands with plates and numerous
wood cuts. $5.25.
The treatise of Dr Mackenzie indisputably
holds the first place and forms in respect of learning and research an
Encyclopedia unequalled in extent by any other work of the kind either
English or foreign. Few modern books on any department of medicine
or surgery have met with such extended circulation or have procured for
their authors a like amount of European celebrity. Med Times
and Gazette
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's
1855
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Lectures on the Germs and Vestiges of Disease, (1861), by
Horace Dobell, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1864 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
The
Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1856), by
Wharton T. Jones, M.D., second edition, published before the Civil War
JONES, T. WHARTON, MD.
Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery in University College
London. THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
With one hundred and ten illustrations, the second American edition from the second
and revised London edition with additions by Edward Hartshorne, MD,
Surgeon to Wills Hospital. In one large handsome royal 12mo volume
extra cloth, 500 pages $1.50
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1860
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Name: Arthur White
Death date: Aug 11, 1921
Place of death: Rockport, IN
Birth date: 1832
Type of practice: Allopath
Practice specialities: GS General Surgery
States and years of licenses:IN, 1897
Places and dates of practice: Rockport, IN, 1854
Medical schools: University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore: University of Maryland School of
Medicine and Coll of Phys and Surgeons, 1854, (G)
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Owner signature:
Arthur White, M.D., Civil War Assistant Surgeon |
Information about
Dr. Arthur White
from the Medical and Surgical History data base relative to his
service during the Civil War in the Indiana 25th Regiment as an
Asst. Surgeon.
The
Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1863), by
Wharton T. Jones, M.D. third edition, published during the Civil War
A copy of this
text book is listed in the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's information, 1865
Signed: Edgar A. Mearns, 1880
Name: Edgar Alexanders Mearns
Death date: Nov 1, 1916
Place of death: Washington, DC
Birth date: 1856
Type of practice: Allopath
Practice specialities:GS General Surgery
Medical school(s): Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, 1881, (G) |
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History , Diagnosis, and
Treatment of the Fevers of the United States, by Elisha Bartlett, M.D.,
(1852)
Additional information on Elisha Bartlett, M.D. This textbook
takes on significant importance in consideration of the effect Yellow Fever
had on the seasonal deployment of troops during the Civil War.
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Publisher's
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Physical Exploration and
Diagnosis of Diseases Affecting the Respiratory Organs, by Austin Flint, M.D., (1856, first edition)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
Additional
information on Austin Flint, M.D.
FLINT, AUSTIN MD, Professor of the Theory
and Practice of Medicine in the University of Louisville.
PHYSICAL EXPLORATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY
ORGANS, In one large and handsome octavo volume extra cloth. 636
pages, $3.00.
A work of original observation of the highest merit.
We recommend the treatise to every one who wishes to become a correct asculatator. Based to a very large extent norm cases numerically
examined it carries the evidence of careful study and discrimination upon
every page. It does credit to the author and through him to the
profession in this country. It is what we cannot call every book. Upon an
examination a readable book. Am Jour Med Scient.
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Austin Flint, M.D.
Lecture ticket for Bellevue Hospital
Medical College Faculty of Bellevue Hospital 1864,
listing Austin Flint, M.D. |
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