Civil War Era Surgical Manuals,
Civilian Surgical and Medical Texts
Authors:
George B. Wood, Henry W. Williams, George Fownes, John
Dalton
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The following medical and surgical
texts were used immediately before or during the Civil War. They are a
window into a medical education as it was presented to the students and
surgeons who served in the War. There were a multitude of
medical
colleges in the late 1850's and 60's, as well as publishers who sold text
books from American, English and French authors.
Treatise on
the Practice of Medicine, by George B. Wood, M.D. (1858, 5th edition, two
volumes), marked for issue by the
U. S. Army Hospital Department
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on:
George B. Wood.
Signatures of owner: Adams (one enhanced
for viewing) and a later signature of W. Coman over Adams signature in 1869
Henry F. Adams, Assistant Surgeon:
The 149th New York State Volunteer Infantry:
Henry F. Adams enlisted September
20, 1862 as Hospital Steward at the age of 31 and was promoted to
Assistant Surgeon under a commission dated April 14, 1863, rank April 2,
1863, and resigned at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, November 20, 1863.
Surgeon Adams again joined the
regiment at Stevenson Alabama and was mustered into service as Assistant
Surgeon January 20, 1864. He was present at final muster and brevetted
Major.
Additional
information on Henry Adams
Treatise on the Practice
of Medicine, by George B. Wood, M.D. (1858, 5th edition, two volumes)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on:
George B. Wood.
  
Wood's Therapeutics &
Pharmacology, Vol. I & II, by George B. Wood, M. D., (1860, second edition)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on:
George B. Wood.
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Owner signature:
Phineas K.
Hilliard |
Name: Phineas K. Hilliard
Death date: Dec 31, 1929
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses: NJ, 1884
By the middle of the 19 th
century Dr.
Phineas K. Hilliard had become a successful physician practicing in Ocean
County. His skills were in demand throughout the County, but his home and
practice were centered in Manahawkin. |
A Practical Guide to the Study
of the Diseases of the Eye, (1862 first edition) by Henry W. Williams, M.D., published by Ticknor and fields, Boston
Ticknor and Fields, Boston: 1862., 1862.
Hardcover. pp. xii, 317. One of the most important American ophthalmic texts
of the mid-19th century. REF: Gorin, History of Ophthalmology, p. 238;
Cordasco 70-3972; DAB, XX, p. 265; Heirs of Hippocrates 1889; Hirsch, VI, p.
283; Kelly & Burrage, Dictionary of American Medical Biography, p. 1307;
Albert. Source Book of Ophthalmology, 2521 and 2522. FIRST EDITION. MED 3
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Owner signature in the front
of the book: Charlotte Sewell Eastman, Oct. 24, 1862, Boston
Charlotte S. Eastman is mentioned in
several citations on Google Books relative to she and President Lincoln.
She was apparently a major socialite during and after the Civil War.
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A Manual
of Elementary Chemistry Theoretical and Practical, (1861) by George Fownes,
F. R. S.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional
information on George Fownes
From the seventh revised and corrected edition, edited by Robert Bridges,
M.D., professor of chemistry in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
FOWNES GEORGE, PH.D. A MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY; Theoretical and
Practical. From the seventh revised and corrected London edition
with one hundred and ninety seven illustrations. Edited by Robert
Bridges MD. In one large royal 12mo volume of 600 pages.
Fowne's Chemistry was one of the
medical manuals given to the Union Army medical personnel by order of the
Surgeon General of the United States during the Civil War. According to the records 1,640 printings
of Fowne's Chemistry were issued.
Why a Chemistry manual? Fowne's manual is much more than a Chemistry
manual. It is more of a Pharmacy or text on Materia Medica. Essential
information is included that would have given the medical staff directions
on mixing various prescriptions for the wounded and sick . The text is
further explained with fine engravings (197 of them).
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Description of this book by the publisher: Blanchard &
Lea in 1861 |
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Owner signature: James R.
Patterson
AMA data on deceased
physicians:
Name: James Rae Patterson
Death date: Jul 27, 1913
Place of death: Port Elgin, ON Ontario, Canada
Type of practice: Allopath
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A Treatise on Human Physiology,
(1861, second edition), by John
Dalton, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1864 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Professor of physiology and microscopic anatomy in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
Additional
information on John Dalton
DALTON, JR, J C, MD; Professor
of Physiology in the College of Physicians, New York; A TREATISE ON HUMAN
PHYSIOLOGY designed for the use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine.
Second edition revised and enlarged with two hundred and seventy one
illustrations on wood in one very beautiful octavo volume of 700 pages. Published by Blanchard and
Lea., Philadelphia, 1861. Leather hard back book measuring 9.5 x
6.5 inches. Heavily illustrated with two hundred seventy one fine
medical engravings on wood.
John Dalton's 1861 printing of his Treatise on Physiology was one of the
text-books issued to the United States Army medical and hospital personnel
during the Civil War. According to the
National Library of Medicine there were 1,412 copies of Dalton's
Physiology purchased by the Surgeon General for distribution to the Union
Army during the war. This was the first major American text on physiology,
which became a standard text in medical schools and went through seven
editions, the last in 1882. Dalton relied heavily on animal experimentation
and the conclusions presented throughout the book reflect a thorough
analysis of the experimental results. The book is divided into three
sections: Section I. Nutrition; Section II. Nervous System; Section III.
Reproductions.
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