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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CIVIL WAR ERA MEDICINE & SURGERY BOOKS

The Short-List of Civil War Medicine, Surgery, Medical Text-books Wanted

Dr. Michael Echols collects and purchases Civil War era medical, surgical, medicine, text-books printed in the United States of America from 1840 to 1865 as representative of medical education prior to and during the Civil War and listed in the Surgeon-General's Library printed Catalogues during the Civil War.  These are the text-books which would have been used by the surgeons and physicians during the Civil War.

Especially wanted: U. S. Army Hospital Department and Medical Department marked books

Civil War medical book topics: Anatomy, Physiology, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics, Pathology, Physic, Practice of Medicine, Surgery, Medical Jurisprudence, Medical Police, Hygiene

Special order text-books were purchased by the Army Medical Department during or just before the Civil War and most, but not all were imprinted with special marks or embossing.  The  following  are examples:

U.S. Army Medical Department

U.S. Army Hospital Department

 

U.S. Army Medical Department

U.S. Army Hospital Department

Click here to see variations on the U. S. Army Medical & Hospital Department logos

 

Any text book marked and published by the Army Medical Department prior to 1865 is of interest.  The examples on this page and the collection are just the ones I know about.  If you know of others, please let me know.

Medical textbooks needed for this collection: 

(Click on the underlines for additional information, such as publication dates wanted)

  1. Appia, The ambulance surgeon or practical observations on gunshot wounds

  2. Beck, Jurisprudence, Vol one, marked for the U.S.A Hosp. Dept.

  3. Bernard and Huette: Manual of Operative Surgery

  4. Brande and Taylor: Chemistry, marked for U. S. A. Hosp. Dept.

  5. Dalton, John: Human Physiology, marked U.S. Army Hosp. Dept.

  6. Ellis,  Formulary

  7. Gerhard, Diseases of the chest 

  8. Goldsmith: A report on hospital gangrene

  9. Greenleaf: Manual for the medical officers of the U. S. Army

  10. Gross, S. D.: System of Surgery, 2 vol., marked for U.S. Army Hosp. Dept.

  11. Hodges: The Excision of Joints

  12. Lidell: Gunshot Wounds of Arteries

  13. Malgaigne: Fractures

  14. Mitchell, Morehouse, Keen: Gunshot Wounds and Other Injuries of Nerves

  15. Parrish: Pharmacy

  16. Schuppert: gun-shot wounds

Evaluation of Civil War era medical books you want to sell

 

Publisher lists of books published during the Civil War.  Click on the image to read the list.

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 Medical Book Collection Index sorted by page  or  Index sorted by author

 

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

See information on Medical education and lecture cards during and before the Civil War

 

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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:

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Medical Lecture Cards:

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Surgeon CDV Images:

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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

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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