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February 20, 2018 by David Price

In an age many consider to be medically archaic, medical professionals were already making connections between good ventilation, cleanliness, and health.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Chimborazo, Florence Nightingale, Pavilion Hospital, Satterlee, William Hammond

February 1, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

Retired pharmacist Greg Susla spotlights the medical benefits of foxglove and how it was used during the American Civil War.

Filed Under: Children, Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Digitalis, Foxglove, Greg Susla, herbal medicine, pry garden, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Pry House Medicinal Garden, Robert E. Lee

January 2, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

That happy hour to me is sweet
When thus I slept alone
And with that angel hope to meet
The dead who are unknown.

Filed Under: Children, Civilians, Hospitals, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: 5th Maryland, 5th Maryland Infantry, Gettysburg, Missing Soldiers, poem, Poetry, Salome Marsh, Unknown Dead

December 1, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

During the Civil War soldiers and civilians alike turned to music not just as a distraction, but also for comforting reassurance.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Catherine Bateson, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, civil war music, Jonathan Lewis Whittaker, Robert E. Lee, William Corby

November 19, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

As the Civil War’s bloodiest year came to its close, citizens and soldiers alike realized they had a lot to be thankful for despite the dreary situation.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Nutrition, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Frederick, Frederick History, Robert F. Weir, Robert H. Williams, Thanksgiving

November 2, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

Western red cedar raised beds with the newly planted herbs.

Hear museum volunteer and retired pharmacist Greg Susla describe the restoration process of the Pry House medicinal herb garden.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Nutrition, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Greg Susla, herbal medicine, medicinal garden, pry garden, Pry House Field Hospital Museum

October 26, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

A body for dissection being taken out of a whiskey barrel.

The value of a dead loved one plucked from their eternal rest in a Baltimore graveyard? Just $10 each.

Filed Under: African American, Civilians, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Technology Tagged With: anatomy, Baltimore, bodysnatcher, bodysnatching, dissection, Frank, University of Maryland

September 28, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

Clara Jones- Civil War Medicine & Clara Barton Museum

Clara Jones never stopped caring for people in need after the Civil War. Read about her amazing story.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: brandy station, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Clara Barton, Clara Jones, Cornelia Hancock, National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War, Women, Women's History

August 30, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

A photo of a Union artillery battery with its horses- Civil War Medicine Museum

Learn how hundreds of Civil War veterinarians cared for millions of horses, mules, and camels.

Filed Under: Animals, Civilians, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: animals, Civil War, civil war camels, every man his own horse doctor, George McClellan, horses, jefferson davis, mules, veterinarians, veterinary medicine

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