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American (U.S.) CIVIL WAR MEDICINE

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1858Notes on the surgery of the war in the Crimea, with remarks on the treatment of gunshot wounds.
MACLEOD, Sir George Husband Baird (1828 – 1892)
MACLEOD, Sir George Husband Baird (1828 – 1892)
1860A new instrument for the treatment of fractures of the lower extremity.
SMITH, Nathan Ryno (1797 – 1877)
SMITH, Nathan Ryno (1797 – 1877)
1860Illustrated wholesale catalogue of surgical and dental instruments, elastic trusses, medical saddle bags, abdominal supporters, shoulder braces and druggists sundries, offered by Snowden & Brother.
SNOWDON & BROTHER
1861Handbook for the military surgeon: Being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field, the sanitary management of the camp, the preparation of food, etc.; with forms for the requisitions for supplies, returns, etc.; the diagnosis and treatment of camp dysentery; and all the important points in war surgery: Including gunshot wounds, amputation, wounds of the chest, abdomen, arteries and head, and the use of chloroform.
TRIPLER, Charles Stuart (1806 – 1865)
TRIPLER, Charles Stuart (1806 – 1865) BLACKMAN, George Curtis (1819 – 1871)
1861A manual of military surgery: for the use of surgeons in the Confederate army: with an appendix of the rules and regulations of the medical department of the Confederate army.
CHISOLM, Julian John (1830 – 1903)
1861A treatise on gun-shot wounds: written for and dedicated to the surgeons of the Confederate States Army.
SCHUPPERT, Moritz (1817 – 1887)
SCHUPPERT, Moritz (1817 – 1887)
1861A manual of military surgery: or, hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice.
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
1861A manual of etherization: Containing directions for the employment of ether, chloroform, and other anaesthetic agents, by inhalation, in surgical operations, Intended for military and naval surgeons, and all who may be exposed to surgical operations, with Instructions for the preparation of ether and chloroform, and for testing them for Impurities. comprising, also, a brief history of the discovery of anaesthesia.
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
1862The hospital steward's manual; for the instruction of hospital stewards, wardmasters, and attendants, in their several duties; prepared in strict accordance with existing regulations and the customs of service in the armies of the United States of America, and rendered authoritative by order of the Surgeon-General.
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
1862Regulations for the Medical Department of the C. S. Army.
MOORE, Samuel Preston (1813 – 1889)
MOORE, Samuel Preston (1813 – 1889)
1863Resources of the southern fields and forests, medical, economical, and agricultural: Being also a medical botany of the Confederate States; with practical information on the useful properties of the trees, plants and shrubs.
PORCHER, Francis Peyre (1825 – 1895)
1863Hospital sketches.
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832 – 1888)
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832 – 1888)
1863A manual of military surgery, prepared for the use of the Confederate States Army by order of the Surgeon-General [Samuel P. Moore].
MOORE, Samuel Preston (1813 – 1889)
MOORE, Samuel Preston (1813 – 1889)
1863Outlines of the chief camp diseases of the United States Army as observed during the present war.
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
1863A manual of instructions for enlisting and discharging soldiers. With special reference to the medical examination of recruits, and the detection of disqualifying and feigned diseases.
BARTHOLOW, Roberts (1831 – 1904)
BARTHOLOW, Roberts (1831 – 1904)
1863An epitome of practical surgery for field and hospital.
WARREN, Edward (1828 – 1893)
1863Notes and observations on army surgery.
FORMENTO, Felix (1837 – 1907)
1863A brief plea for an ambulance system for the army of the United States, as drawn from the extra sufferings of the late Lieut. Bowditch and a wounded comrade.
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
1863A catalogue of surgical instruments, apparatus, appliances, etc. Manufactured and sold by John Weiss & Son.
JOHN WEISS & SON
1863A report on hospital gangrene, eryipelas and pyaemia, as observed in the departments of the Ohio and the Cumberland, with cases appended. Published by permission of the Surgeon General U.S.A.
GOLDSMITH, Middleton (1818 – 1887)
1863Hospital transports: A memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862.
OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822 – 1903)
OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822 – 1903)
1863The principles and practice of surgery, embracing minor and oeprative surgery; with a bibliographical index of American surgical writers from the year 1783 to 1860. Illustrated by 400 wood-cuts and nearly 1000 engravings on steel. 2 vols.
SMITH, Henry Hollingsworth (1815 – 1890)
1864Gunshot wounds and other injuries of nerves.
MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829 – 1914)
MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829 – 1914)
KEEN, William Williams (1837 – 1932)
KEEN, William Williams (1837 – 1932) MOREHOUSE, George Read (1829 – 1905)
1864​–1865Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal.
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1864The female spy of the union army. The thrilling adventures, experiences, and escapes of a woman nurse, spy, and scout, in hospitals, camps and battlefields.
EDMONDS, Sarah Emma (1841 – 1898)
EDMONDS, Sarah Emma (1841 – 1898)
1864Medical diagnosis with special reference to practical medicine: A guide to the knowledge and discrimination of diseases.
DA COSTA, Jacob Mendes (1833 – 1900)
DA COSTA, Jacob Mendes (1833 – 1900)
1864Narrative of privations and sufferings of the United States officers and soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the rebel authorities. Being the report of a commission of inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an appendix, containing the testimony. Edited by Valentine Mott.
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865)
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865) & et al.
1865Reports on the extent and nature of the materials available for the preparation of a medical and surgical history of the Rebellion.
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884) OTIS, George Alexander (1830 – 1881)
BARNES, Joseph K. (1817 – 1883)
BARNES, Joseph K. (1817 – 1883)
1865La Commission Sanitaire des États-Unis, son origine, son organisation et ses résultats avec une notice sur les hôpitaux militaires aux États-Unis et sur la réforme sanitaire dans les armées Europénnes.
EVANS, Thomas Wilberger (1823 – 1897)
EVANS, Thomas Wilberger (1823 – 1897)
1866History of the United States Sanitary Commission: being the general report of its work during the War of the Rebellion.
STILLÉ, Charles Janeway (1819 – 1899)
1866Medical recollections of the Army of the Potomac.
LETTERMAN, Jonathan (1824 – 1872)
LETTERMAN, Jonathan (1824 – 1872)
1866Catalogue of the surgical section of the United States Army Medical Museum.
WOODHULL, Alfred Alexander (1837 – 1921)
WOODHULL, Alfred Alexander (1837 – 1921)
1866A journal of hospital life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Battle of Shiloh to the end of the war: With sketches of life and character, and brief notices of current events during that period.
CUMMING, Kate (1830 – 1909)
CUMMING, Kate (1830 – 1909)
1867Woman's work in the Civil War: A record of heroism, patriotism and patience.
BROCKETT, Linus Pierpont (1820 – 1893) VAUGHAN, Mary C.
1867Catalogue of the medical and microscopical sections of the United States Army Medical Museum. Catalogue of the medical section... prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Woodward. Catalogue of the microscopical section...by Brevet Major Edward Curtis.
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884) CURTIS, Edward (1838 – 1912)
1867Contributions relating to the causation and prevention of disease, and to camp diseases; together with a report of the diseases, etc., among the prisoners at Andersonville, GA. Edited by Austin Flint.
FLINT (ELDER), Austin (1812 – 1886)
1867Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac.
HOLSTEIN, Anna Morris (1824 – 1900)
HOLSTEIN, Anna Morris (1824 – 1900)
1868Hospital days.
WOOLSEY, Jane Stuart (1830 – )
WOOLSEY, Jane Stuart (1830 – )
1870​–1888The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. 6 vols.
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884)
WOODWARD, Joseph Janvier (1833 – 1884) OTIS, George Alexander (1830 – 1881) HUNTINGTON, David Low (1834 – 1899)
BARNES, Joseph K. (1817 – 1883)
BARNES, Joseph K. (1817 – 1883) SMART, Charles (1830 – 1881)
LETTERMAN, Jonathan (1824 – 1872)
LETTERMAN, Jonathan (1824 – 1872)
1870The boys in white: The experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington.
FREEMAN, Julia Susan Wheelock (1833 – 1900)
FREEMAN, Julia Susan Wheelock (1833 – 1900)
1875Statistics, medical and anthropological, of the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau, derived from records of the examination for military service in the armies of the United States during the late War of the Rebellion, of over a million recruits.... 2 vols.
BAXTER, Jedediah Hyde (1837 – 1890)
BAXTER, Jedediah Hyde (1837 – 1890)
1876The southern side: Or, Andersonville Prison. Complied from official documents. Together with an examination of the Wirz Trial: A comparison of the mortality in Northern and Southern prisons; remarks on the exchange bureau, etc. An appendix, showing the number of prisoners that died at Andersonville, and the causes of death; classified lists of all that died in stockade and hospital, etc., etc.
STEVENSON, R. Randolph (1834 – 1891)
1883An Alphabetical list of the battles of the War of the Rebellion: with dates, from Ft. Sumter, S.C., April 12 and 13, 1861, to Kirby Smith's surrender, May 26, 1865. Compiled from the official records of the office of the Adjutant-General and the Surgeon-General, U.SA. by J. W. Wells and N. A. Strait, Revised by Newton A. Strait, with the addition of many incidents of the war, giving the number killed, wounded and missing in each of the important battles, Union troops engaged, names of the Generals killed and wounded in both armies; also the total number of enlistments, number discharged, number wounded, number missing, number of deaths, number killed in battle....And a roster of all the regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons of the late war and hospital service.
WELLS, John Wesley
WELLS, John Wesley STRAIT, Newton Allen ( – 1922)
1888My story of the war: The Civil War memories of the famous nurse, relief organizer and suffragette.
LIVERMORE, Mary Ashton Rice (1820 – 1905)
LIVERMORE, Mary Ashton Rice (1820 – 1905)
1895Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war.
HOLLAND, Mary A. Gardner
c. 1911​–c. 1916The Medical Department of the United States Army in the Civil War.
DUNCAN, Louis Casper (1869 – 1940)
1952Doctors in blue. The medical history of the Union Army in the [United States] civil war.
ADAMS, George Worthington (1905 – 1981)
1956Lincoln's fifth wheel: the political history of the U. S. Sanitary Commission.
MAXWELL, William Quentin
1958Doctors in gray: the Confederate Medical Service.
CUNNINGHAM, Horace Herndon (1913 – 1969)
1962Medicines for the Union Army: the United States Army Laboratories during the Civil War.
SMITH, George Winston
SMITH, George Winston