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ArticleZouave ambulance crew demonstrating removal of wounded soldiers from the field, Courtesy of the LOC

“Don’t Be Afraid Boys”

During the US Army's chaotic retreat during the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862, the need for an organized ambulance corps became abundantly clear.

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ArticleMid-1800s ads covertly advertising aborificants and abortions. Courtesy of librarycompany.org

Mother’s Friend: Birth Control in Nineteenth-Century America

Learn about birth control during nineteenth-century America in this blog post by Dr. Lauren Thompson

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ArticleHospital gangrene suffered by Milton Wallen, Co C, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, when he was in a prison in Richmond. The watercolor by Edward Stauch was lithographed and published in the Medical & Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Surgical vol. 2, p. 739. The title, taken from the book, is

Military Medical Illustration and the Civil War

Military medical illustration came of age during the early 1860s with the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Anesthesia in the Civil War

More than 95% of Civil War surgeries occurred under anesthesia - chloroform and ether were both widely in use by the time of the Civil War.

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An amputee’s search for the nurses that cared for him during the Civil War

L.H. Roth searches for the women who nursed him back to health after his wounding at the Battle of South Mountain.

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ArticleMedical kit used by Dr. Mary Walker. Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

“Ready for Mischief”

Dr. Mary E. Walker of New York embarked on a crusade to become a surgeon in the Union Army.

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ArticleEmbalming Shack- Civil War Medicine Museum

Embalming and the Civil War

Embalming the dead of the Civil War provided closure for grieving families... and opportunity for unscrupulous businessmen.

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Welcome to a Civil War Hospital

Hollywood has honed a popular myth about Civil War Medicine and the hospitals in which sick and wounded soldiers were treated during the American Civil War.

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Major Jonathan Letterman – Civil War Medical Innovator

The Letterman Plan saved thousands of lives during the Civil War and became the basis for military medical evacuation plans across the globe.

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