Discover how Union surgeons of Cloud Springs Hospital cared for patients even after they were captured by Confederate cavalry.
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Medicine And Drugs
Union surgeon John Brinton’s medical service during the Civil War influenced the study of medicine in the United States for years to come.
The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.
Discover the unique and crucial role parasites played in the life and death of Civil War soldiers.
The innovator who first utilized ether as an anesthetic more 15 years earlier, brought his techniques personally to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Using period references, Greg Susla reveals the various ways belladonna was used to treat injuries during the American Civil War.
Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?
“All the houses within three miles of the field were taken for hospitals.”
Retired pharmacist Greg Susla spotlights the medical benefits of foxglove and how it was used during the American Civil War.
