In part two of this blog post, Kyle Dalton examines the incidents of unanesthetized surgery in the Confederacy
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Anesthesia
John Lustrea will talk with Kyle Dalton about his research of Civil War surgeries on both sides that were conducted without anesthesia, and why this was a rare occurrence.
Research by the Museum’s Kyle Dalton shows that unanesthetized surgery in the Civil War was extremely rare.
Education Coordinator John Lustrea will talk with Dr. Brian C. Miller about his book “Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South.”
Kyle Dalton concludes the two part series about anesthesia in the Civil War by focusing on the Confederate experience with it.
Read about the history of anesthesia leading up to and during the Civil War. Rather than biting the bullet, anesthesia was more common than you might think.
Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will discuss anesthesia’s use during the Civil War in this YouTube livestream.
Dr. John Julian Chisolm was one of the most influential Confederate surgeons during the Civil War. His books and and invention were invaluable.
The innovator who first utilized ether as an anesthetic more 15 years earlier, brought his techniques personally to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
