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   Civil War Union Military Surgical Manuals and Medical Books

Medical text books, Civil War medical books, Antique medical books, Rare medical books

Authors: Tripler, Blackman, John H. Packard, John H. Power

 U. S. Army & Confederate Army Medical Department Publications

U.S. Army Hospital and Medical Departments

 

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Handbook for the Military Surgeon, (1862) by Chas. Tripler, M.D. and Geo. Blackman, M.D.

Additional information on: Tripler and Blackman

Handbook for the military surgeon : being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field... and all the important points in war surgery  Fourth edition.

Published: Cincinnati : R. Clarke, 1862.

7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in., 121 pages plus an appendix of supplies for medical officer.

 

Signed on the inside cover: S. M. Buffinberger, M.D., Osborn, Ohio

Signature of S. M. Buffinberger

1862-63 lecture card for Principles and Practice of Surgery by Geo. C. Blackman, MD

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These lecture courses were used by doctors to help pay their salary.  The cards were sold for admission to the course.


 Manual of Minor Surgery, (1863) by John H. Packard, M.D.

 Additional information  on: John H. Packard, M.D.

With 145 illustrations. Authorized and adopted by the surgeon-general of the United States army for the use of surgeons in the field and general hospitals. Published: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co., 1863.

5 x 7 6/8 x 1 in., 285 pages.

 

Signed by:  Dr. Raphael De, Catonsville, Maryland

 

Signature of Raphael De


 

Anatomy of the arteries of the human body, (1862) by John H. Power, M. D.,  U. S. Army Medical Department issue (U. S. Army Medical Department imprinted title version)

Additional information on: John Hatch Power

This version and one that follows are essentially the same book, but the covers are different, this one has the U. S. Army Medical  Department title imprinted and the second and apparently later version has a USA Medical Department crest embossed on the cover.

 

Authorized Medical Books from J. B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers.  Authorized and adopted by the Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, for use in Field and General Hospitals 1862

 

Author: John Hatch Power, M.D.  U.S. Army Medical Department, 1862, a publication for use by surgeon's during the War.

Published:  Phila. Pa.; J. B.  Lippincott & Co.  7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 in., 401 pages.

 

Signed by  A. I. Lawbaugh,  Morristown, Ill.,

AMA data:

Name: Albert I. Lawbaugh
Cause of death: carcinoma; (M)
Death date: Feb 15, 1923
Place of death: Calumet, MI
Birth date: 1844
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses: MI, 1900, IL
Places and dates of practices: Calumet, MI, 1870, Oct 24, 1917, Laurium, MI, Jul 1, 1916, Mar 11, 1914, May 19, 1919
Medical school: State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn: Long Island Coll. Hosp., 1870

  

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Signature of A. I. Lawbaugh


Anatomy of the arteries of the human body, (1862) by John H. Power, M. D.,  U. S. Army Medical Department issue  ( U. S. Army Medical Department embossed logo version)

Additional information on: John Hatch Power

This version and the previous one are essentially the same book, but the covers are different.  This later version has a USA Medical Department crest embossed on the cover.  See variations of the Medical Department logos and titles.

 

Authorized Medical Book from J. B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers.  Authorized and adopted by the Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, for use in Field and General Hospitals 1862

 

 

 

Author: John Hatch Power, M.D.  U.S. Army Medical Department, 1862, a publication for use by surgeon's during the Civil War.

Published:  Phila. Pa.; J. B.  Lippincott & Co.  7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 in., 401 pages.

 

Owner signature

S. B. McRennihan, Cincinnati, Ohio

    

U. S. Army Medical Dept. logo

 

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Medical book ads from the publisher in the front and back of this issue


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