Discover how the US Army instituted a revolutionary new form of trauma care on Civil War battlefields.
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Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant.
Military medical illustration came of age during the early 1860s with the outbreak of the Civil War.
Over 95% of Civil War surgeries occurred under anesthesia.
L.H. Roth searches for the women who nursed him back to health.
Dr. Mary E. Walker of New York embarked on a crusade to become a surgeon in the Union Army.
A sea-change in embalming came with the Civil War, during which there was an outcry for fallen soldiers to be returned to their families for burial.
Mercy Street is a good introduction into the world of Civil War medicine. As someone who has worked within the field as a public historian, it is incredible to watch a Civil War hospital ward come to life. The authenticity they achieved in crafting the world of Mansion House Hospital shines through, and the medicine you will see in the series won’t disappoint either.
Jonathan Letterman changed the course of the Civil War and of American medicine.
