Authentic Civil War
Military Surgery Kits & Sets
U. S. Army Hospital Department - U.
S. Army Medical Department
Mexican War (1846)
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Four (1861 - 1865 )
Dr.
Echols Collection
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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 surgery 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 surgical or medical 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
and State Volunteer Militia surgeons
typically brought their own instruments for use during the first years 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 major
'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.) Dr. Michael Echols.
Article on sources of Civil War military surgical sets
Without serious documentation, the surgical
sets owned by
contract surgeons are very difficult to prove, document, and attribute as being
'Civil War' since the surgery sets may have been in existence for years prior to
the War.
Be sure to read this short
article on: The Truth about Civil War Surgeons by Dr. Jay Bollet
Additional information from the National Archives and Medical and Surgical
History regarding 'contract' physicians
How
to evaluate a Civil War surgical set
Surgery Set Evaluations
Tiemann catalogue of Civil War instruments
Gemrig catalog of Civil War instruments
(All sets on this site
are original, contain the correct instruments, and all instruments
in a given set are by the same maker. These are not
'put-together' sets and the sets do not contain substitution
instruments. If incorrect instruments were included in the set
when purchased for this collection, then the incorrect instruments
were removed.)
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c. 1861 H. Hernstein military medium
surgical set supplied to the 'U. S. Army
/ Hosp. Dept.' during the first year of
the Civil War.
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4.1
c. 1848 Wm. R. Goulding Military
surgical set supplied to the 'U.S. Army
Hospital Department' during the
Mexican War. Goulding was a New York maker during the 1840's.
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c. 1848 Wm. R. Goulding military
trepanning set as supplied to the 'U.S.
Army Hospital Department' during the
Mexican War. Goulding was a New York maker during the 1840's.
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4.3
1861 to 1865 Civil War issue,
U. S. A.
Hosp. Dept. marked trepanning set by H. Hernstein, New York City, N. Y.
Labeled, partitioned, sales list, and complete.
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4.4
1865
Civil War issue,
U. S. A. Hosp. Dept. marked trepanning set by H.
Hernstein, N. Y., Unlabeled no partition, and incomplete.
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4.5
1862-1865 Civil War issue stomach/enema pump with military latch by V.
Brinkerhoff, N.Y.
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4.6
1862-1865
Civil War military embalming pump by Geo. Tiemann, N.Y.
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4.7
1863 Civil War military post-mortem set by Hernstein & Son, N.Y.
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4.8
c.1860 Military issue post-mortem
set, marked:
U. S. Army Medical Dept., by Snowden, Philadelphia., Pa.
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4.9
c. 1860
civilian issue Fennell's post-mortem set, by George Tiemann, New York
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4.10
c.
1861 Military issue post-mortem dissection set by Hernstein & Son, N.Y.
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4.11
c. 1861, Rare Civil War issue Military
Urological set by George Tiemann Co., U.S. Army Hosp. Dept.
marked and used to relieve urine retention due to disease or trauma.
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