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Civil War Medicine

December 5, 2019 by David Price

Join us on Saturday December 10 for a living history event at the Museum featuring the Blue and Gray Hospital Association.

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Medicine, Confederate medical department, Living History, National Museum of Civil War Medicine

November 21, 2019 by David Price

Visitors to the Museum will be treated to a special temporary exhibit about US Navy and Marine medical care and evolving technology during the Civil War.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Fort Fisher, Marines, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Naval medicine, Ship's Company, United States Marine Historical Company

October 3, 2019 by David Price

The physicians and doctors of the Civil War have received deserved attention in the study of the Civil War. But what about the common stretcher bearer?

Tagged With: Ambulance Corps, Ambulance drivers, Civil War Medicine, Kyle Dalton, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Stretcher bearer

October 1, 2019 by David Price Leave a Comment

Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, disease, Florence Nightingale, Melanie Kiechle, Sanitary Commission, Walt Whitman

August 30, 2019 by David Price Leave a Comment

The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.

Filed Under: African American, Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Downtown Frederick, Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick, Slavery

August 29, 2019 by David Price

Join researcher Richard Swanson on September 22 as he takes a close look at Army and Naval Civil War surgeons from Michigan.

Tagged With: Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Civil War surgeons, Michigan, University of Michigan Medical School

August 13, 2019 by David Price

Scholars, practitioners, and amateur historians from across the globe gather to discuss the history of Civil War medicine and its enduring impact today.

Tagged With: 27th Annual Conference on Civil War Medicine, Carolyn Ivanoff, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, David Price, Dr. Douglas Owsley, Dr. Jon Willen, Dr. Robert Hicks, Dr. Robert Slawson, Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins, Dr. Shauna Devine, Jill Newmark, Manassas National Battlefield

August 12, 2019 by David Price

See examples of Civil War, Gulf War, and modern ambulances to see how emergency care has changed throughout American history.

Tagged With: Ambulances, Antietam, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Letterman

July 22, 2019 by David Price Leave a Comment

The little told story of African Americans and the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War is one of bravery and trailblazing.

Filed Under: African American, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: 54th Massachusetts, African American, African American History, Ambulance, Ambulance Corps, Civil War Medicine, Medical Evacuation, USCT

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