The Civil War brought the hypodermic syringe into the mainstream of American medicine for the first time.
Civil War Medicine
Dr. Mick Bedard discusses the stories of three Connecticut surgeons during the Civil War.
Find out more about the natural remedies used to treat illness during the Civil War with volunteer Greg Susla.
Historian Randy Krakauer will discuss the life and career of Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac.
Pry House Site Manager Rachel Moses will talk about grisly, gross, and ghoulish cases from Civil War medicine at the Pry House.
Join author David O. Stewart as he discusses Civil War soldiers and PTSD.
10 years after the Boston Marathon Bombing, learn how the Letterman System saved lives.
An examination of the medical aspects of Lincoln’s assassination
Join us as we commemorate the 158th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln with a talk on the medical aspects of his assassination.
