American Civil War Medicine & Surgical Antiques

(A Private Collection - Research and Identification Project)

Civil War:  Medicine, Surgeon Education, & Medical Text-books

 Dr. Michael Echols

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Author Index of Civil War Era Medical Book Collection

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Dr. Echols' Civil War Medical Text-Book Collection

This Civil War medical book collection is based on the actual medical books listed as being in the Surgeon General's Office Library 1840, 1864 & 1865 Catalogues.  The books in the collection represent the publications as shown in the SGO Catalogues or those selected by the U. S. Army Medical Department for distribution to the Union Surgeons.  It is a working collection of the medical textbooks used by the surgeons who operated during the Civil War.  If the Surgeon General and his staff thought the book was important and valid, that is part of the attraction to using the catalogues for the basis of the collection.  Not all books were selected by the military and there must have been a good reason for selection or exclusion of various authors.

Medical Book Collection.: 1 | 1a | 2 | 2a | 3 | 3a | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9a | 10 | 11 | 12

List last updated: 06/23/2010

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List and print-outs of medical text-books in the Surgeon General's Library catalogues 1840 to 1865

Civil War Surgeon General's library and publications ordered by the U.S. Army Medical Department during the Civil War

Extensive Information on the Surgeon General's Office Library by Wyndam Miles

PDF of Information on the Surgeon General's Office Library by Wyndam Miles

 

Click on the corresponding Page number on right, to view the actual text-book in this collection

  1. Bartholow, Roberts: Enlisting and Discharging Soldiers, U.S. Army Med. Dept., (1864) Page 3-A

  2. Bartlett, Elisha: History , Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Fevers of the United States, (1852) Page 9

  3. Barwell, Richard: A Treatise on Diseases of the Joint, (1861) Page 8

  4. Beck, Theodric R; Beck, John B: Medical Jurisprudence, U. S. Army Medical Dept., (1860) Page 1-A

  5. Bedford, Gunning: Diseases of Women and Children, (1860) Page 10

  6. Bedford, Gunning: Principles and Practice of Obstetrics, (1867) Page 10

  7. Bellevue Hospital: Catalogue of Medical and Surgical Staff from 1736 to 1894, Page 12

  8. Bennett, John H.: Clinical Lectures on Principles of Medicine, (1859) Page 9-A

  9. Bird, Golding: Urinary Deposits, Diagnosis, Pathology, (1845) Page 8

  10. Braithwaite, J & W: Retrospective of Practical Medicine and Surgery, (1861-62) Page 10

  11. Bumstead, Freeman J: Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases, (1861) Page 5

  12. Bumstead, Freeman J: Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases, (1864) Page 5

  13. Carpenter, William B: Principles of Human Physiology, edited by Francis Smith, M.D., (1862) Page 5

  14. Chisolm, J. Julian: Manual of Military Surgery,  CSA, (1862) Page 7

  15. Chisolm, J. Julian: Manual of Military Surgery, CSA, (1862) Page 6

  16. Condie, D. Francis: Treatise on Diseases of Children, (1853) Page 10

  17. Cooper, Samuel: A Dictionary of Practical Surgery, (1846) Page 7

  18. Da Costa, J: Medical Diagnosis, U. S. Army Medical Dept., (1864) Page 2-A 

  19. Dalton, John: Treatise on Human Physiology, (1861) Page 5-A

  20. Dobell, Horace: Lectures on the germs and vestiges of disease, (1861) Page 8

  21. Druitt, Robert: Druitt's Modern Surgery,  (1853) Page 4-A

  22. Druitt, Robert: Principles and Practice of Modern Surgery,  (1860) Page 4-A

  23. Dungleson, Robley: Therapeutics and Materia Medica, 2 vol., (1857) Page 5-A 

  24. Dunglison, Robley: Dictionary of Medical Science,  (1860) Page 4-A

  25. Dunglison, Robley: New Remedies: With Formulae for their Administration, (1856) Page 7

  26. Erichsen, John: The Science and Art of Surgery, (1859) Page 4 

  27. Flint, Austin: Exploration and Diagnosis of Diseases affecting the Respiratory Organs, (1856) Page 9

  28. Fownes, George: A Manual of Elementary Chemistry Theoretical and Practical, (1861) Page 5-A 

  29. Catalogue of Bowdoin College Medical College of Maine,  1794-1950, Page 12

  30. Grace: The Army Surgeon's Manual,(1864) Page 1

  31. Gray: Gray's Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, U. S. Army Hosp. Dept., (1862) Page 1

  32. Graduates and Officers of the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, (1872), Page 12

  33. Gross, S. D: Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder, Prostate Gland & Urethra, (1851) Page 10

  34. Gross, S. D: A Manual of General Anatomy of the Human Body, (1828, first edition) Page 10 

  35. Gross, Samuel D: A Manual of Military Surgery, (1861) Page 1-A

  36. Gross, Samuel: Gross's System of Surgery, Vol. 1 & 2  (1859 ) Page 4 

  37. Gross, Samuel: Gross's System of Surgery, Vol. 1 & 2  (1864) Page 4 

  38. Gross, Samuel: Gross's System of Surgery, Vol. 1 & 2  (1867) Page 4 

  39. Guthrie, G. J: Commentaries on the Surgery of War, U.S. Army Medical Dept., (1862) Page 3

  40. Hamilton, Frank: A Practical Treatise on Factures and Dislocations, (1860) Page 1-A

  41. Hamilton, Frank: A Practical Treatise on Factures and Dislocations, (1863) Page 1-A

  42. Hamilton, Frank: Practical Treatise on Military Surgery, (1861) Page 1-A

  43. Hamilton, Frank: Amputations in Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, (1863), Page 1-A

  44. Hammond, Wm. A: Lectures on Venereal Disease, Surg. Gen. U.S. A., (1864) Page 3-A

  45. Hammond, Wm. A: Treatise on Hygiene, Surg. Gen. US A., U.S. Army Med. Dept. (1863) (1) Page 3-A

  46. Hammond, Wm. A: Treatise on Hygiene, Surg. Gen. US A., U.S. Army Med. Dept. (1863) (2) Page 3-A

  47. Hartshorne, Henry: Notebook on Medical Principles,  (1860) Page 4-A

  48. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons  City of New York, by John Dalton, M.D., 1888 , Page 12

  49. Hoblyn, Richard D: A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine, (1865) Page 4 

  50. Holmes, Oliver Wendell: Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science, (1862) Page 5

  51. Hooker, Worthington: Human Physiology,  marked CSA Hospital Department, (1859) Page 6

  52. Hunter, John: Treatise on the blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds, (1817) Page 9

  53. Jones, Wharton T: Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1856) Page 9

  54. Jones, Wharton T: Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1863) Page 9

  55. Kirkes, William Senshouse: Manual of Physiology, (1859) Page 8

  56. Leidy, Joseph: Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy, (1861) Page 9A 

  57. Liston & Mutter: Operations of Surgery, Diseases & Accidents Requiring Surgery, (1846) Page 4-A

  58. Longmore, T: A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds, U. S. Army Medical Department (1863) Page 2-A

  59. Lyons, Robert D.: A Treatise on Fever, (1861) Page 8

  60. Mackenzie, William: A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, (1855) Page 9

  61. Macleod, George: Surgery of the War in the Crimea, Treatment of gunshot wounds,  (1862) Page 3

  62. Macleod, George: Surgery of War in the Crimea, Treatment of gunshot wounds, U.S. Army Med. Dept.  (1862) Page 3

  63. Maclise:  Surgical Anatomy with Descriptions, Edited by R. U. Piper, M.D., (1857) Page 9A 

  64. Maxson, Edwin: Treatise on Practice of Medicine, (1861) Page 8

  65. Meigs, Charles D: Treatise on Obstetrics: The Science and Art, (1856) Page 10

  66. Medical and Surgical: History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865)  Page 11

  67. Moore, Samuel Preston: A Manual of Military Surgery, CSA, (1863) Page 6

  68. Moore, Samuel Preston: A Manual of Military Surgery, CSA, (1863) Page 7

  69. Neligan, J. Moore: Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, (1860) Page 4-A

  70. Packard, John H: Manual of Minor Surgery, U. S. Army Medical Dept. edition (1863) Page 2

  71. Porcher, Frances P: Southern Fields and Forests, Medical Botany, C.S.A. (1863) Page 7

  72. Power, John H: Anatomy of the arteries of the human body,  U.S. Army Med. Dept. Logo (1862) Page 2

  73. Power, John H: Anatomy of the arteries of the human body, U.S. Army Med. Dept. (1862) Page 2

  74. Quain, Jones; Leidy, J.: Human Anatomy, First American Edition, (1849) Page 9-A 

  75. Ray, I.: Mental Hygiene, (1863) Page 3-A

  76. Sargent, F. W: Minor Surgery, Bandaging and Operations of Minor Surgery, (1848) Page 4 

  77. Sargent, F. W: Minor Surgery, Bandaging and Operations of Minor Surgery, (1862) Page 4 

  78. Smith, Henry H: A System of Operative Surgery, (1852) Page 5

  79. Smith, Henry H: An Atlas of Human Anatomy, (1859) Page 5

  80. Smith, S.: Hand-book of surgical operations, (1863) Page 1 

  81. Stille, Alfred: Elements of General Pathology, (1848) Page 3

  82. Stille, Alfred: Theraputics - Materia Medica, vol. 1 of 2, US Army Hospital Dept., (1860) Page 3

  83. Stille, Alfred: Theraputics and Materia Medica, 2 vol. set, US Army Hospital Dept., (1864) Page 3

  84. Stromeyer, Esmarch: Gunshot Fractures and Resection in Gunshot Injuries, (1862) Page 3

  85. Stromeyer: Gunshot Fractures,  Surgeon General's Office (SGO) Library marked, (1860) Page 3

  86. Taylor, Alfred S.: Medical Jurisprudence, by , M.D., edited by Hartshorne, (1861) Page 8

  87. Taylor, Alfred S.: Poisons in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine, (1859) Page 8

  88. Thomson, Anthony T.: Thomson's Conspectus, U. S. A. Hosp. Dept. (1862) Page 2-A 

  89. Thomson, William: Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Passages, (1842)  Page 10

  90. Toynbee, Joseph: Diseases of the Ear. Their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment, (1860) Page 9

  91. Toynbee, Joseph: Diseases of the Ear. Their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment, US Army Hospital Dept., (1860) Page 9

  92. Tripler and Blackman: Handbook for the Military Surgeon, (1862) Page 2

  93. United States Sanitary Commission, compiled from documents and private papers, (1863) Page 2-A 

  94. Virchow, Rudolf: Cellular Pathology, U.S. Army Medical Dept., (1862) Page 3-A

  95. War Department: Regulations  Medical Department of the Army, Adj. General's Office, (1861) Page 1 

  96. War Department: Revised Regulations of the Army, (1861)  Page 1 

  97. Warren, Edward: An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for field and hospital, CSA, (1863) Page 6

  98. Watson, Thomas: Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic, (1858) Page 8

  99. Wells and Strait: Roster of Civil War Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons, (1883) Page 1 

  100. Williams, Henry W.: A Study of the Diseases of the Eye, (1862) Page 5-A 

  101. Wilson Erasmus: Diseases of the Skin,  (1857)  Page 9-A

  102. Wilson Erasmus: Plates Illustrative of Wilson on Diseases of the Skin, (1857) Page 9-A

  103. Wood & Bache: The Dispensatory of the United States of America,  (1858, eleventh edition) Page 10

  104. Wood, George B.: Therapeutics & Pharmacology, 2 vol., (1860) Page 5-A 

  105. Wood, George B.: Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, 2 vol., (1858) Page 5-A 

  106. Wood, George B.: Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, 2 vol., U.S. Army Hosp. Dept  (1860) Page 5-A 

  107. Woodward, J. Janvier: Camp Diseases United States Army, U. S. Army Hosp. Dept., (1863) Page 3-A

  108. Woodward, J., Janvier: Hospital Steward's Manual, Asst. Surgeon U.S. Army Medical Dept., (1862) Page 1 

  109. Zander, Adolf: The Ophthalmoscope, U. S. Army Hosp. Dept. (1864) Page 2-A

 

List and prints of the Surgeon General's Library catalogues 1840 to 1865

See information on Medical  Education & Medical Lecture Tickets during and before the Civil War

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It's all inter-related on this site: medical schools sold lecture cards, physician lecturers who were authors wrote books used at the medical schools, the surgeons who attended the medical colleges fought in the Civil War, surgeons joined the Army, the Army bought surgical sets for the surgeon's use, and round and round it goes.

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Last update: Monday, August 30, 2010