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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University of California Medical Department, 1877-1878

 

Medical Student: L. J. Seavey

 

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University of California Medical Department, 1877

Medical Student: L. J. Seavey

 

See addition information on Dr. Seavey

 

Student: L. J. Seavey of Port Townsend, Washington

 

Matriculation

 

Schedules of courses

 

  

George Hewston, M.D.                           Melancthon W. Fish, M.D.

Melancthon W. Fish served in the Civil War as a full surgeon in the Union Army, Missouri 11th Infantry, address 461, E. 14th. St, Oakland, California, mustered out May 1865. During the war he was a surgeon in the I I th Missouri, infantry vols, from 1862 to 1865; detailed acting ass't medical inspector 16th army corps, and in charge of U. S. army gen. hosp., at Jefferson barracks, Mo., and served also with regiments in the field,. 

 

In 1861, George Hewston, M.D. dressed the wounds of members of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry Regimental Band, who were wounded while passing through Baltimore on their way to Washington in the first hand-to hand skirmish of the war, (the 'Pratt Street' or 'Baltimore Riot')  After the Riot, apparently some of the militia walked back to Philadelphia and members of the band were among this group who were treated by Dr. Hewston.

  

Narcesis J. Martinache, M.D.                              C.M. Bates, M.D.

 

  

George A Shurtleff, M.D.                              H. H. Toland, M.D.

 

  

R. Beverly Cole, M.D.              E. D. Martineaut, M.D

 


University of California Medical Department, 1878

 

 

Morning and afternoon lecture schedules

 

 

 

  

M. W. Fish, M.D.                          A. W. Perry, M. D.

Alfred W. Perry, M.D, was a Confederate Army assistant surgeon in the seventh Mississippi Infantry.

 

M. W. Fish served in the Civil War as a full surgeon in the Union Army, Missouri 11th Infantry, address 461, E. 14th. St, Oakland, California, mustered out May 1865.

  

H. H. Toland, M.D.                             G. A. Shurtleff, M.D.

 

  

Frederick Winslow Hatch, M.D.                          George Hewston, M.D.

Hospital clinical admission tickets

Last, but not least: receipt for supplies signed by the janitor

See additional history and photos of the faculty in the 1870's

The following gentlemen constituted the first Faculty of the Medical Department of the University of California : H. H. Toland, Professor of Clinical Surgery; R. Beverly Cole, Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Diseases of Women; C. T. Deane, Professor of Diseases of Women and Children; M. Bates, Professor of Clinical Medicine; W. T. Bradbury, Professor of Therapeutics; E. Bentley, Professor of Pathology ; A. A. O'Neill, Professor of Anat omy; George Hewston, Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine ; Thomas Price, Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology ; M. W. Fish, Professor of Physiology; C. B. Brigham, Professor of Benjamine R. Swan Orthopedic Surgery.

 

Lecture Ticket and Medical College Index

 

Lecture Card Collection..: 1 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

Civil War medical authors and faculty in this collection with their biographies and lecture card examples

1800 - 1870 Medical College lecture cards as well as Medical College catalogues showing graduates and faculty are wanted-to-buy for this collection.  Please contact Dr. Michael Echols

 

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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:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17

Hosp Dept Bottles & Tins:

1 | 2 | 3 |

 

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