American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

Surgical Set collections from 1820 to 1880 - Civilian and Military

Civil War:  Medicine, Surgeon Education, & Medical Textbooks

 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, and various TV programs, Antiques & Collecting publications

 

 

2011 - "The sesquicentennial of the Civil War" -  2015

 American Civil War Surgical Antiques

Rare Civil War Medical Textbooks

Medical College Lecture Cards

Civil War Medicine & Instruments

Civil War Medical Antiques & Bottles

Surgeon Images & Swords

Hernstein & Son, Civil War military U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. three tier surgical set

Civil War Surgical Set

 

Civil War Military Case

Extensive research information as well as identification for American-made Civil War surgical, medicine, and amputation sets

On display: over 70 American-maker surgical sets; medical and surgical antiques; civilian and Civil War military surgical sets of the mid-1800's.  This site contains 904 pages covering surgical instruments, Civil War medicine, surgeon swords and images, Hospital Department bottles, medical lecture cards, and medical textbooks.  Civil War medical topics are explained using 9,862 photos to help identify and differentiate Civil War era surgical and medical tools and sets from earlier and later examples. 

The medical book collection is the center of an on-going research project on the education and educators of Civil War surgeons as well as the medical textbooks they wrote and used.  Research is also being done on areas of Civil War medicine, medical equipment, and various topics related to the Union Army medical and hospital departments.

There is no other place on the internet where you can obtain the extensive information and research presented on this website...up-to-date knowledge you can use to make decisions.

The Private Medical Collections and Research Project of

Dr. Michael Echols

Due to the size of this web site, you may need to use the SEARCH page to find specific topics

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Indexed list of all Civil War surgical sets

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Medical Faculty & Authors  |  Medical Books  |  Surgeon Images & Swords  |  Medicine Containers 

Medical College Index - Lecture Cards  |  Medical Book Author-Title Index 

  Hundreds of Articles and Topical links via the various 'Indexes' below

Authentic Civil War Surgery Sets of

U.S. Army & Navy Surgeons

1860 - 1865

 

 

Photos and Discussion of American-Maker

Civilian and Military Medical - Surgery Sets

Index for All Surgical Sets

1820 to 1880

 

Photos and Identification Information

Civil War Military Surgical Sets

Civilian Surgical Sets

Post-mortem Sets

Urological and Trepanning Sets

Mexican War Military Surgery Sets

U. S. Army Hospital Dept. Sets

U. S. Army Medical Dept. Sets

Kolbe, U.S.A. Hospital Department, bone surgery, four tier surgery set used during the Civil War

George Tiemann, N.Y., Civil War field surgery set, marked for U.S.Army Hosp. Dept.

Pre-1865 Medical Text-books

Used to Educate Civil War Surgeons

Civil War Medical Book Index

Civil War Surgery and Medicine Manuals

Civil War and Early Medical Text books

U. S. Army Hospital Department medical books

U. S. Army Medical Department medical books

 Civil War Medicine

Text-books specified by the Surgeon General

 

Civil War Era

Medical College Lecture Card Collection

Signed by Surgeons and Faculty

 

Medical Lecture Card Index

Pre-Civil War Medical Education

Medical Colleges and Professors

Catalogues of Medical Colleges

Surgeon signatures

Researching Civil War Surgeons & Physicians

Harvard Univ. Medical Dept., chemistry lecture card, c. 1867University of Pennsylvania, practical surgery, lecture ticket, c. 1863

Surgical Instrument Identification

 1820 to 1880

 

Civil War Surgical Instrument Index

 

Early Instrument Catalogs by Tiemann & Gemrig

Articles on identification of various instruments

Military surgical sets

Civilian surgical sets

Collector Advise

How to tell if it's Civil War era or not

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Civil War Surgeon Images & Swords

 

Surgeon Image and Sword Index

 

Surgeon Images, CDV, Tin-types

Medical Service Swords

Medical Presentation Swords

Surgeons in the American Civil War

Civil War CDV image of Union surgeon with sword   

Civil War Medical Dept. staff sword by Ames

Civil War U. S. Army

Medicine Bottles, Jars, & Tins

Hospital Dept. Bottle Collection

 

Collection of Civil War Medicine Containers

Drugs listed by Army Supply Table 1861

Drugs listed by the Army 1862-65

Bottles and Medical Tins

Color variations of Hosp. Dept. bottles

Bottle collection: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

 

 

U.S.A. Hospital Department

U.S. Army Medical Department

U. S. Med. Dept. Civil War jappaned black medicine tins with cork stopper  Civil War U.S.A Hosp. Dept. cobalt blue medicine bottle 

U. S. Army Medical Department medicine containers from the Civil War era

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Medical Collections

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

American Surgical Sets: Pre-1861:  1 | 2  -   Post-1865:  3  -  Civil War era:  4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8    INDEX

Medical Text-Books:

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

Medical Lecture Cards:

1 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21  INDEX

Surgeon CDV Images:

Johnson: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7      De Gregoris: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

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 | 4

American Civil War Medicine & Surgical Antiques

Warman's Civil War Collectibles: medical examples with prices 2010

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Last update: Monday, August 30, 2010