American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

(A Private Collection - Research and Identification Project)

Civil War Era Surgical Sets, Surgeon's Swords & Images

Civil War Surgeon Education & Civil War Medicine Text-books

Established 1995      .   .   .     Dr. Michael Echols

As seen in: Military Images Magazine, American's Civil War Magazine, Warman's Civil War Collectibles, Antique Week, Northeast Antiques, Civil War Army Swords, Civil War Times Illustrated, various TV programs, Antiques & Collecting publications

 

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Surgeon General's Office Library 1865 Catalogue

From the Civil War Medical Book Collection of Dr. Michael Echols

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

 

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Medical Book Collection Index Sorted by Page or Index Sorted by Author

 

            Pages:1 | 1a | 2 | 2a | 3 | 3a | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9a | 10 | 11 | 12

The 1865 catalogue is printed on only one side of the page, there are approximately 32 pages.  This is the third catalogue, but only the second 'printed' catalogue of the Library contents.  The previous printed catalogue, was printed in 1864, this one in October of 1865 as the War was ending.  Some books listed in the 64 catalogue are no longer listed in the 65 catalogue.  There are earlier editions listed in the 1840 and 1864 catalogs which are missing in the 1865 catalogue.

 

Cover Title Page Index

(Note that the binding of the 1865 catalogue is the same as the Stromeyer book in this collection, labeled as being from the SGO library)

Anatomy: pages 1 - 2

Albinus - Kolliker   Lauth - Wilson

      

Physiology: page 1 of 1

Beaumont - Virchow

 

Materia Medica & Pharmacy: page 1 of 1

Beck - Wood / Bache

 

Pathology and Practice of Medicine: 1 - 5

Adams - Byrne  Caldwell - Frerichs  Frerichs  - Lind Louis - Sauvages Semple - Woodward

 

Surgery: pages 1 - 5

Abernethy - Colles Cooper - Guerin Gutherie - Longmore Mackenzie - Saunders Saurel - Wilson

                      

Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children: page 1 of 1

Baudelocque - West

 

Medical Jurisprudence Hygiene and Medical Police: pages 1 - 4

Beck - Chenu Collette - Parkes Robertson - Rozier Tardieu - Woodward

                       

Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Etc.: pages 1 - 4

 

 Natural History: pages 1 - 2

 

Medical Journals and Reviews: pages 1 - 2

 

Miscellaneous: pages 1 - 2

 This was all the pages in the catalog.  There are several blank pages in the front and back of the book. 

Medical Department's 1840 List

SGO Library Printed 1864 List

SGO Library Printed 1865 List

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Direct links to all medical & Civil War collections on this site

American Surgical Sets:        Pre-1861:  1 | 2    -    Civil War:  4 | 5 | 6 | 7     -    Post-1865:  3 

Medical Text-Books:

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Medical Lecture Cards:

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Surgeon CDV Images:

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Medical Staff Swords:

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Hosp Dept Bottles & Tins:

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Currently Seeking to Purchase for this Collection

Partial or Incomplete surgical sets or instruments by:  Snowden, Tiemann, Gemrig, Kolbe', Hernstein

 Any medical instrument or book marked:   U.S.A. / Hosp. Dep't.  or  U.S.A. / Med. Department

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American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

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Last update: Friday, March 12, 2010