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John Lustrea

March 14, 2022 by David Price

John Lustrea will talk with Dr. Lauren Thompson about her research on birth control and contraception in the Civil War era.

Tagged With: Birth Control, Condom, John Lustrea, Lauren Thompson

March 7, 2022 by David Price

Field Hospital used by Hookers division at the Battle of Seven Pines. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

John Lustrea will present his research on Union medical care at the Battle of Seven Pines on the 160th anniversary of the battle.

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February 16, 2022 by David Price

Harpers Weekly sketch of soldiers taking a quinine ration. The whiskey was meant to help with the bitterness.

Grab your favorite beverage and join Kyle Dalton and John Lustrea as they make and discuss classic cocktails inspired by Civil War medicine.

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February 11, 2022 by David Price

You won’t want to miss this livestream where John Lustrea will amputate a fake leg using a sharp reproduction Civil War surgical kit.

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November 30, 2021 by David Price

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

Ask Museum staff your questions about Civil War medicine and more in this special live stream.

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October 14, 2021 by Tracey McIntire

Medical specimens from Patrick Doyle, Richard Hughes, and John Delany (left to right) on display at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine from the collection of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

John Lustrea will trace the stories of three wounded soldiers of the Maryland Campaign for the Museum’s next edition of the “On Tour” series

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July 29, 2021 by David Price

"Dr Jenner performing his first vaccination, 1796". Oil painting by Ernest Board. Courtesy of the Wellcome Collection

Education Coordinator John Lustrea and Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn will talk about vaccination in the Civil War.

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July 29, 2021 by David Price

Left to right: General Gabriel Paul, Private Joseph Harvey, Private William Nims

John Lustrea will talk with Mark Breazzano, M.D., Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins, about eye injuries in the Civil War.

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March 5, 2021 by David Price

Author Janice P. Nimura and her book "The Doctors Blackwell."

John Lustrea will talk with historian Janice Nimura about her book The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine.

Tagged With: Blackwell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Janice P. Nimura, John Lustrea, Women doctors, Women's History

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