Civil
War Confederate Surgical and Medical Book Collection
Authors:
Frances Peyre
Porcher, Samuel Preston Moore, J. Julian Chisolm, Robley Dunglison, Samuel
Cooper
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The following collection of books were
obtained from the family of a mid-1800's book collector,
Standish T.
O'Grady of Mobile, Alabama, who obtained the books during or
immediately after the Civil War. The books were in the same birds-eye
wood book case
since the Civil War era in Mobile, Alabama, and were obtained from a
family member of the original owner in 2007.
Authors:
Porcher, Moore, Chisolm, Cooper, Dunglison
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Resource of the Southern Fields
and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural Being also a Medical
Botany of the Confederate States, (1863) by Porcher, Frances Peyre,
M.D., C.S.A. (Extremely Rare)
Given the difficulty the Confederacy had
in obtaining medical supplies, this book, by a South Carolina physician ,was
used as a guide to obtaining local botanical resources for medical or army
personal use. See a profile of
Dr. Porcher and further
explanation of the use of this text. Given the topic of the book one
might be led to assume it was written for
homeopathic physicians, but I don't believe that is necessarily true,
however they may have used it as a resource too. Book dimensions: 9 x
6 x 1.5 in.
A Manual of Military Surgery,
(1863) by Samuel Preston Moore, CSA (Extremely Rare)
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Prepared for the Use of the Confederate States Army
Published by: Richmond:
Ayres & Wade, 1863. The only edition. Description: With 30
drawing plates and
174 individual figures, this was the first of only two illustrated military surgical
manuals (one by Moore and one by Chisolm) to have been compiled and printed in the Confederacy. During
the Civil War, Dr. Moore was the surgeon general of the Confederate States
Army Medical Department. Field size manual: 7 x 4 1/2
x 1 in.
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Click to enlarge surgery photos from Moore's text book
Manual
of Military Surgery, (1862), by J. Julian Chisolm, CSA (Extremely Rare)
Additional
information on John Julian
Chisolm, M. D.
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Prepared for the Use of the Confederate States Army
A manual of military surgery,
for the use of surgeons in the
Confederate States army; with an appendix of the
rules and regulations of the Medical Department of the
Confederate States Army.
Published: Richmond, Va., West &
Johnson, 1862.
Edition: 2d ed.
446 pages. Plus an appendix which contains the
Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate
States. For a total number of pages: 514.
Field size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4
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J. Julian Chisolm, A Manual of Military Surgery for
the Use of Surgeons in the Confederate States Army. 2nd ed.
514 pp. Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. Chisolm (1830-1903) was
the foremost surgeon in the Confederacy, and his important military surgery
manual went through three editions.
New Remedies: With Formulae for their
Administration, (1856 ), by Robley Dunglison, M.D.
This is a medical book that would have been available
to doctors in the Confederate Army
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A Dictionary of Practical Surgery, (1846), by
Samuel Cooper, M.D.
This is a medical book that would have been available
to doctors in the Confederate Army.
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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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