American Civil War Surgical AntiquesCivil War Surgical and Amputation SetsCivil War Era Medical BooksSwords, Images, and Surgeon Information
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Civil War Topics: medical textbooks, collectors, surgery sets, surgical instrument makers, surgeon images, surgeon swords, medical education, amputation kits, surgeons, medical collecting, Army Hospital Dept., Army Medical Department, Medical books, Medical college lecture cards, identification of all the above... It's all inter-related on this site: medical schools sold lecture cards, lecturers who were authors wrote books used at the medical schools, the surgeons who attended the medical colleges fought in the Civil War, surgeons joined the Army, and the Army bought surgical sets for the surgeon's use. On display: pre-1866 surgical sets, Civil War surgical antiques, civilian amputation and surgical sets by some of the most famous American makers of the mid 1800's. The site contains over 617 pages about 1820 to 1870 surgical instruments and Civil War medical topics using 5,882 photos to help identify and differentiate Civil War era sets from earlier and later examples .Evaluation methods are provided for pre-1870 surgical sets and kits as well as extensive topics and advice on antique medical collecting for beginning or advanced collectors. On display are Civil War medical swords and surgeon CDV images.
A collection of Civil War medical and surgical textbooks as well as articles on medical education and information on the Civil War's U.S. Army Medical and Hospital Departments.
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