Civil War Surgery Sets
or Kits
U. S. Army Hospital Department - U.
S. Army Medical Department
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five (1860 to 1865 )
Pre- & Post- 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.
5.1
c. 1865, Large staff surgeon's
Civil War surgery set, marked "U.S. Army Hosp. Dept", by H. Hernstein,
N.Y. This three
tier hospital surgery set is a special issue for bone surgery used to
deal with the trauma of war.
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5.2
c.
1860-64, A
large, Civil War Hospital issue, marked surgical set by Kolbe' of Philadelphia. This four tier set was a special bone surgery collection of
instruments used to deal with the trauma of war.
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5.3
c. 1863 Civil War, U. S. Army
Hospital Department issue, field surgery set by Geo. Tiemann, N.Y.
This is the type of set which would have been issued to a field surgeon.
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5.4
c.1860's Civil War military field amputation set by
Hernstein, New York, N.Y.; Hernstein provided surgical instruments during
the Civil War. This set is Civil War issue with the forceps marked
U.S.A. Hosp. Dep't. and bilateral military style latches.
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5.5
c. 1861-1865 Hernstein & Son, New
York City, US Army Hospital Dept. marked field surgery set.
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5.6
c. 1863 surgical set by Wade and Ford, New
York City, which
belonged to a documented Civil War Naval Surgeon. The case is
engraved with his name and the 1863 date of its purchase. This is
the type of personal set a surgeon would have brought to war.
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5.7
c. 1861, 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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