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Weird Wounds and Surgeries–Livestream

October 5, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Strange and bizarre cases from the medical history of the Civil War

drawings of a hand-cranked chainsaw cutting into a patient's skull
Chainsaw surgery (biomedicalephemera.tumblr.com)

 

Join us on Wednesday, October 5 at 1:00 PM EDT on Facebook for a livestream hosted by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. You can tune in by visiting facebook.com/CivilWarMed at the scheduled time.

Start the Halloween season off right with Museum staff members John Lustrea, Kyle Dalton, and Tracey McIntire as they share true stories of weird wounds suffered by Civil War soldiers and unusual and experimental methods of surgery–including use of a chainsaw!


John Lustrea is the NMCWM Director of Education

Kyle Dalton is the NMCWM Membership and Development Coordinator

Tracey McIntire is the NMCWM Director of Communications

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October 5, 2022
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
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