American Civil War Surgical Antiques

(A Private Collection - Research and Identification Project)

Civil War Era Surgical Sets, Surgeon's Swords & Images

Civil War Surgeon Education & Medical Text-books

Established 1995     .     Dr. Michael Echols

 

     

As seen in: Military Images, American's Civil War Magazine, Warman's Civil War Collectibles, Antique Week, Northeast Antiques, and various TV programs, Antiques & Collecting publications

 American Civil War Surgical Antiques

Rare Civil War Medical Textbooks

Medical College Lecture Tickets

Civil War Medical Antiques & Bottles

Surgeon Images & Swords

Pre-1865 Medical Antiques

Preserving our American Civil War Medical and Surgical History

 

Civil War Surgical Sets

Civil War Set

Extensive Photo Displays

Extensive research information as well as identification and values for American-made Civil War surgical, medical, and amputation sets

On display: Civil War as well as pre- and post-War surgical sets, Civil War medical and surgical antiques, civilian amputation and surgical sets by some of the most famous American instrument makers of the mid 1800's.  The site contains over 784 pages covering from 1820 to 1870 surgical instruments and Civil War medical topics using 8,074+ photos to help identify and differentiate Civil War era surgical and medical sets from earlier and later examples.   Also explored is an on-going research project, with personal notes, on the education and educators of Civil War surgeons as well as the medical books they wrote and used to teach.

There is no other place on the internet where you can obtain the extensive inside information presented on this web site...

The Private Collections of

Dr. Michael Echols

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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...

Articles on Collecting, Identification, Surgical Sets & Civil War Surgeons

Hundreds of Articles and Topical Links are available via the various "Enter Indexes" below

Authentic Civil War Surgery Sets of U.S. Army & Navy Surgeons

1860 - 1865

(Including current values)

 

Also....

 

Photos of American-Maker

Medical & Surgery Sets

Made from 1820 to 1880

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Photos and Identification Information

Civil War Military Surgical Sets

Civilian Surgical Sets

Post-mortem Sets

Urological and Trepanning Sets

Mexican War Military Surgery Sets

U. S. Army Hospital Dept. Sets

U. S. Army Medical Dept. Sets

Pre-1865 Medical Books used to educate Civil War surgeons

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Civil War Surgery Manuals

Civil War and Early Medical Textbooks

U. S. Army Hospital Department

U. S. Army Medical Department

Values for Civil War Medical Books

Civil War Era

Medical College Lecture Card Collection signed by surgeons and faculty

 

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Pre-Civil War Medical Education

Medical Colleges and Professors

Catalogues of Medical Colleges

Surgeon signatures

 

 

Surgical Instrument Identification

 1820 to 1870

 

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Civil War instrument prices

Early Instrument Catalogs

Articles on identification of various instruments

Military surgical sets

Civilian surgical sets

Collector Advise

How to tell if it's Civil War era or not

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Civil War Surgeon Images & Swords

 

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Surgeon Images, CDV, Tintypes

Medical Service Swords

Medical Presentation Swords

Surgeons in the American Civil War

 

   

Civil War Medicine Bottles, Jars, & Tins

 

Collection of Civil War Medicine Containers

Drugs listed by Army Supply Table 1861

Drugs listed by the Army 1862-65

Bottles and Medical Tins

Hospital Dept. Bottle Collections

Color variations of Hosp. Dept. bottles

 

U.S.A. Hospital Department

U.S. Army Medical Department

 

 

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Direct links to all Collections on this site:

Surgical Set Collection...: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Medical Book Collection.: 1 | 1a | 2 | 2a | 3 | 3a | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9a | 10 | 11 | 12

Lecture Card Collection..: 1 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19

Surgeon CDV images......: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Medical Sword Collection: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17

Hosp. Dept. bottles, tins.: 1 | 2 | 3 |

 

American Civil War Surgical Antiques 

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Site last updated: Thursday, July 02, 2009