Civil War
Surgery Kits & Sets
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four (1861 - 1865 )
U. S. Army Hospital Department - U.
S. Army Medical Department
Pre- & Post- Civil War:
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Civil War:
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(Note: Any surgical set in existence
prior to or during the Civil War 'could' have been used during the War,
but it is more likely only the Union Army supplied sets were used in the
field by Union Army surgeons after the early months of
the War. The U. S. Army Hospital Department sets were made by American makers,
like Tiemann, Hernstein, Kolbe', and Gemrig, expressly for use
'during' the War by Union Army surgeons. U. S. Army Medical
Department sets could have existed before, during, or after the Civil
War and were made expressly for the Union Army. Other existing sets
'could' have been used by
'contract' or Army surgeons on both sides during the War.
Contract surgeons
typically brought their own instruments for use during the early part of
the War due to a
lack of instruments on both sides early in the War. As the War
progressed, contract surgeons rarely did any
'surgery' since they were relegated to the rear area hospitals on a
temporary basis to do
follow-up treatment such as changing bandages and to treat disease related
problems, which did not include surgery. Amputations and other
major surgery was done by Army qualified surgeons, not the contract
physicians. (Points taken from: Dr. Jay Bollet's book on Civil War
medicine and surgery)
Without serious documentation, the surgical
sets owned by
contract surgeons are very difficult to document and attribute as being
'Civil War' since the sets may have been in existence for years prior to
the War.
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4.1
1861 to 1865 Civil War issue, U. S. Army
Hosp. Dept. marked trepanning set by H. Hernstein, New York City, N. Y.
Labeled, partitioned, sales list, and complete.
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4.2
1861
to 1865 Civil War issue, U. S. Army Hosp. Dept. marked trepanning set by
H. Hernstein, N. Y., labeled, partitioned, and partial.
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4.3
1865
Civil War issue, U. S. A(rmy) Hosp. Dept. marked trepanning set by H.
Hernstein, N. Y., Unlabeled no partition, and incomplete.
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4.4
1862-1865 Civil War issue stomach/enema pump with military latch by V.
Brinkerhoff, N.Y.
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4.5
1861 Civil War military amputation set by Geo. Tiemann,
N.Y. as specified by Dr. Frank Hastings in his surgical text book
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4.6
c.1861 dissection/post-mortem set by
Geo. Tiemann, N.Y., found with the small Civil War issue Tiemann
set above (4.5).
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4.7
c.1860 Military issue post-mortem
set, marked 'U S Army Medical Dept.', by Snowden, Philadelphia., Pa.
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Pre- & Post- Civil War:
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Civil War:
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