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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Alphabetical Index 0f American Civil War Surgical Antiques 

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  1. An extensive discussion on identification of Civil War military surgical sets

  2. Aloe & Hernstein c. 1879 amputation set

  3. Altered surgical instruments and how value is effected

  4. Amputation knife blades analysis for dating purposes

  5. Arnold amputation set, c. 1860

  6. Antique surgical instrument books and where to find them

  7. Antique surgical instrument identification

  8. Article in Antique Week about Dr. Echols' collection

  9. Article in Antiques and Collectors about Dr. Echols' collection

  10. Article on a locking suture forceps from the 1866 Gemrig Catalogue

  11. Army Medical Department 1866 to 1900

  12. Bone forceps 1829 to 1886 and during the Civil War

  13. Books, maker catalogs, and surgical manuals wanted for this collection

  14. Catheters typically found in Civil War era wood cased surgical sets

  15. Chloroform and its use on the battlefield during the Civil War

  16. Civil War Army Supply Table of 1861 itemizing instruments found in a military set

  17. Civil War anesthesia relative to Porcher and Chisolm for ether and chloroform

  18. Civil War period report on inhalation of sulphuric ether by the Boston Medical Journal

  19. Civil War case with both sliding military latches and a key lock

  20. Civil War Confederate Navy Office of Medicine and Surgery

  21. Civil War Drugs as listed in the 1861 Army Supply Table

  22. Civil War Drugs as listed the later years of the War 1862-65 on a medical wagon

  23. Civil War Federal Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

  24. Civil War embalming surgeons

  25. Civil War contract surgeons hired by the U.S. Army

  26. Civil War Hernstein dental keys, marked for the U.S.A. Hosp. Dept.

  27. Civil War medical books ordered by the Surgeon General's Office for the Medical Department

  28. Civil War Medical Books

  29. Civil War Medical Service surgeon's sword by Horstmann

  30. Civil War Medicine Containers: bottles, jars, tins by the Hosp. and Med. Dept.

  31. Civil War Hospital Department books

  32. Civil War Medical  Department books

  33. Civil War pocket surgical kit

  34. Civil War surgeon identification and how to research a doctor's name

  35. Civil War surgeon Norman Smith, M.D. biography

  36. Civil War surgical instruments and their use from a military manual

  37. Civil War surgical instrument prices

  38. Civil War era maker marks by Tiemann

  39. Civil War Surgery: field surgeon's list of instruments and medical equipment

  40. Civil War Surgical Manuals and Medical Texts

  41. Confederate Medical Department organization

  42. Civil War Army Surgeon

  43. Civil War surgeon's presentation medical sword by Tiffany 

  44. Civil War 26th Regiment Maine Volunteers

  45. Civil War 6th Mass. Volunteer Militia and Surgeon Norman Smith

  46. Collecting high grade medical antiques

  47. Collecting Civil War medical and surgical text books

  48. Collecting Civil War surgeon's images

  49. Collecting Civil War surgeon's swords 

  50. Contact information for Michael Echols

  51. Dating surgical saws by association with other instruments

  52. Erichsen, John, M.D., A Treatise On Surgical Injuries, Diseases and Operations

  53. Evaluation of Civil War pocket surgical cases

  54. Evaluation and identification of an unknown a surgical set

  55. Evaluation of Civil War surgeon's swords 

  56. Evaluation of Civil War images

  57. Evaluation of Civil War era medical books you want to sell

  58. Fake Civil War surgical set on ebay

  59. Fake Norman Smith medical chest on ebay

  60. Forceps design and identification

  61. Families who have sold sets to this collection

  62. Fair market value for historical collectibles

  63. Gemrig Instrument Catalog c. 1866 (12 pages)

  64. Gemrig surgical set c. 1840

  65. Gemrig surgical ivory partial set c. 1860

  66. Gemrig USA Military Dept. surgical set c. 1860's

  67. Gemrig bone resecting surgical set .c. 1860's

  68. Gemrig surgical instrument catalog 1870

  69. Gemrig surgical set c. 1850

  70. Gemrig surgical set c. 1867

  71. Gemrig surgical set comparison of an 1850 vs an 1860's set

  72. Gemrig surgical set c. 1869

  73. Gemrig surgical set, style change, c. 1870

  74. Gemrig surgical set c. 1880

  75. Goulding USA military surgical set c. 1846, Mexican-American War

  76. Goulding USA military trepanning set c. 1846, Mexican-American War 

  77. Goulding-Brinkerhoff connection in the 1850's

  78. Gross, Samuel D., M.D. Operative surgery Vol. 1, 1872

  79. General John Echols, CSA

  80. Gruthrie's commentary on War (medical text)

  81. Hard rubber syringes by Goodyear

  82. Hamilton, Frank Hastings, M.D. biography

  83. Hamilton, Frank Hastings, M. D. , Books on surgery, fractures, etc.

  84. Helmold, Louis V., surgical set c. 1880

  85. Hernstein surgical set owned by Confederate doctor c. 1861

  86. Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set. c. 1865 

  87. Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set c. 1864

  88. Hernstein Civil War sets: military vs civilian versions

  89. Hernstein early U.S.A Hosp. Dept. set, c. 1861

  90. Hernstein Civil War pocket  surgical kit

  91. Hernstein Civil War set c. 1861

  92. Hernstein U. S, Army trephine set, c. 1865

  93. Hospital inventory list of the Conesus, N.Y. Military Hospital, 1865

  94. How to identify Civil War surgery sets

  95. Index of all Civil War era medical text books in Echols collection

  96. Index to Surgeon Images and Swords

  97. Inventory of medical books of Ward "4" at Consesus N.Y. Hospital 1865

  98. Instruments drawings and descriptions for various topics

  99. Instruments typically found in a Civil War pocket surgical kit

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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:

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

Medical Lecture Cards:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

Surgeon CDV Images:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

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

Medical Antiques Wanted List                             Contact Dr. Michael Echols

American Civil War Medical & Surgical Antiques

This site is an active on-going collection and research project.  Additions are actively being sought.  Information and evaluations on pre-1865 material are gladly provided to individuals, universities, authors, archivists, museums, libraries, auction houses, antique dealers, and researchers. 

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Last update: Friday, March 12, 2010