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Medicine And Drugs

July 3, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The 1st Minnesota played a critical role in the battle of Gettysburg.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: 1st Minnesota, Civil War, Gettysburg

June 19, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

For the Civil War soldier on the march, heat became another enemy to fight.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology

June 7, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The Civil War brought the hypodermic syringe into the mainstream of American medicine for the first time.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, hypodermic syringe

May 24, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The violence of the Civil War was previewed in Congress in May1856.

Filed Under: African American, Civilians, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: abolition, Charles Sumner, Congress

April 11, 2023 by Tracey McIntire Leave a Comment

An examination of the medical aspects of Lincoln’s assassination

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology, Women Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Lincoln assassination

March 28, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The Civil War spurred a change in attitude towards the way the dead were interred.

Filed Under: Civilians, Medical Equipment, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War, coffins to caskets, death and mourning

March 13, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The Irish Brigade was one of the most famous units in the Civil War

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Irish Brigade

February 20, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The WSC provided excellent medical care to the wounded soldiers of the Western Theater despite not having the same access to materials and resources as the USSC.

Filed Under: African American, Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology, Women Tagged With: Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Western Sanitary Commission, Western Theater

February 13, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Bellevue Hospital is one of the oldest medical institutions in the United States originating as an 18th century poorhouse.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology, Women Tagged With: Bellevue, Civil War Hospitals, New York

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