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Kyle Dalton

June 8, 2020 by David Price

Kyle Dalton concludes the two part series about anesthesia in the Civil War by focusing on the Confederate experience with it.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Anesthesia, Chisolm Inhaler, Civil War Medicine, Confederate Medicine, Dr. John J. Chisolm, Hunter Holmes McGuire, Kyle Dalton, Stonewall Jackson

June 2, 2020 by David Price

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.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Anesthesia, chloroform, Dr. William Morton, Ether, Kyle Dalton

May 28, 2020 by David Price

Thomas Morris and his book Mystery of the Exploding Teeth

Kyle Dalton will talk with medical historian Thomas Morris about his work which details the strangest cases of Civil War medicine.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Kyle Dalton, Mystery of the Exploding Teeth, Thomas Morris

May 5, 2020 by David Price

Jim Downs with his book Sick From Freedom

Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton will talk with Dr. Jim Downs about his study Sick From Freedom which covers the African American medical experince after emancipation

Tagged With: African American History, Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Jake Wynn, Jim Downs, Kyle Dalton, Sick from Freedom

April 29, 2020 by David Price

Wind down this Wednesday with Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton in this virtual happy hour where they break down the use of alcohol in the Civil War.

Tagged With: alcohol, Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Jake Wynn, Kyle Dalton

April 17, 2020 by David Price

Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton will talk about the important role played by coffee in the Civil War. Send us your questions in advance on Facebook or by email

Tagged With: Coffee, Facebook Live, Jake Wynn, Kyle Dalton

April 9, 2020 by David Price

Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will discuss germ theory and Civil War medicine. Send us your questions in advance on Facebook or by email

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Germ Theory, Kyle Dalton, Virtual Q&A

April 1, 2020 by David Price

Depiction of pre-Inhaler application of anesthesia

Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will discuss anesthesia’s use during the Civil War in this YouTube livestream.

Tagged With: Anesthesia, Civil War Medicine, Digital Program, Kyle Dalton, YouTube

March 27, 2020 by David Price

Photo of a 19th century surgical kit-Civil War Medicine & Clara Barton Museum

Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will go through a reproduction Civil War surgical kit. Send us your questions in advance on Facebook

Tagged With: Amputation, Civil War Medicine, Civil War surgery, Facebook Live, Kyle Dalton

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