Civil War Era Civilian Surgical and Medical Texts
Authors:
George B. Woods,
Franklin Bache, Joseph Leidy,
Gross, Bedford, Maclise
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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.
THE
DISPENSATORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (1858, eleventh
edition) Wood, George B.; Bache, Franklin
This is the standard issue used all during
the Civil War and is the edition (eleventh) listed in the Surgeon General's Office Library.
Additional information on
George B. Woods
Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy, (1861, 1st edition) by Joseph
Leidy, M.D.
More information
about Dr. Leidy
Anatomy lecture card
from U. of Pennsylvania signed by Joseph
Leidy, M.D.
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Owner signature: 1862, John M.
Dickson, M.D.
John M. Dickson, Asst.
Surgeon, 93rd Pennsylvania, Care A. G., U.S.A. to Oct.
1864; also 213th Infantry.
Dr. Dickson and the 93rd were a
Gettysburg Regiment, with the 6th Corps.
John
M. Dickson, 213th Infantry, Surgeon Care Adjutant
General From March 1863.
Name: John Dickson
Death date: Dec 30, 1929
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses: PA, 1881
Medical school(s): New York University Medical College,
New York: Univ. of City of New York Med. Dept., 1848
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A Practical
Treatise on the Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder, Postate
Gland, and the Urethra, by S. D. Gross, M.D., (1851, 1st. edition)
Additional
information on Samuel
Gross
Receipt for Dr. 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
Additional information on
Gunning Bedford, M.D.
and his relationship to Civil War era education.
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1858
University of New York
Lecture Card for G. S.
Bedford, M.D. |
Principles and
Practice of Obstetrics, ( 3rd edition dated 1862, 1867) by
Gunning S. Bedford, M.D.
Maclise's
Surgical Anatomy with Descriptions, 1857, Edited by R.
U. Piper, M.D.
From the English Edition with an
additional plate by Bougery, printed in oil colors,
published in Boston by John P. Jewett and Company.
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Owner signature
'J. M. Crocker'
Presented by his
brother, Wm. N. Young,
1863 |
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John Myrick
Crocker, M. D.
Cause of death: heart disease; (M)
Death date: Oct 6, 1917
Place of death: Cambridge, England
Birth date: 1845
Type of practice: Allopath
Medical school: Harvard Medical School, Boston,
1863-66, (G)
Additional information on Bostonian John Myrick
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See
information on
Medical Education during and before the Civil War
Wanted for this
collection: Civil War era medical books published 1858-1865.
Especially books marked 'U.S. Army
Hospital Department', U. S. Army Medical Department, or Confederate
States of America (CSA)
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