Union
Civil War Surgical Manuals and Civilian Medical Books
Civil War
Medical Books
Tags: Medical text books, Civil War medical
books, Antique medical books, Rare medical books
Authors:
George Macleod, Stromeyer, Alfred Stille, Guthrie,
Stromeyer & Esmarch
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Notes on the
Surgery of the War in
the Crimea, The Treatment of Gunshot Wounds, (1862 ), by George Macleod, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1865 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
During the Crimean War,
Macleod was a surgeon in the Civil Hospital at Smyrna and the General
Hospital established at Sebastopol. In this book he discusses the geography
of and climatology of the Crimea, military hygiene in the field, the use of
chloroform as an anesthetic, and the various wounds and injuries common on
the battlefied, especially gunshot wounds. (Heirs of Hippocrates 1933,
Waller 6120). This book was used by Union and Confederate surgeons during
the course of the American Civil War and was issued by both a Union and a
Confederate publisher in 1862.
SURGERY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR NOTES
ON THE SURGERY OF THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA with Remarks on the Treatment of
Gunshot Wounds; By GEORGE H.B. MACLEOD MD FRCS, Surgeon to the General
Hospital in Camp before Sebas topol. Lecturer on Military Surgery
in Anderson's University Glasgow, One vol 12mo
SUMMARY Of CONTENTS: Chap I: The
History and Physical Characters of the Crimea The Changes of the Seasons
during the occupation by the Allies The Natives and their Diseases; Chap
II: Drainage of the Camp Water Supply Latrines Food Cooking Fuel
Clothing Housing Duty Effect of all these combined on the health and
diseases of the soldiers Hospitals Distribution of the Sick Nursing male
and female Transport; Chap III: The Campaign in Bulgaria and its effects
on the subsequent health of the troops The Diseases which appeared there
and during the Flank March as well as afterward in the Camp before
Sebastopol; Chap IV: Distinction between Surgery as practiced in the
Army and Civil Life Soldiers as Patients and the character of the
Injuries to which they are liable Some peculiarities In the Wounds and
Injuries seen during the war; Chap V: The Peculiarities of Gunshot
Wounds and their General Treatment; Chap VI: The use of Chloroform
in the Crimea Primary and Secondary Hemorrhage from Gunshot Wounds
Tetanus Gangrene Erysipelas Frost bite; Chap VII: Injuries of the
Head; Chap: VIII Wounds of the Face and Chest: Chap IX: Gunshot
Wounds of the Abdomen and Bladder; Chap X: Compound Fracture of
the Extremities; Chap XI: Gunshot Wounds of Joints Excision of
Joints etc etc Chap in Amputation
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Medical Books from J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publishers listing the War of the Crimea 1862
J. B. Lippincott & Co.,
Philadelphia, 1862. Hard Cover. 8vo - ovtv. 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 403
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Notes on the
Surgery of the War in the Crimea, The Treatment of Gunshot Wounds, (1862 ),
by George Macleod, M.D.,
U.S. Army Medical Department
issue
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1865 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
SURGERY OF WAR COMMENTARIES ON THE
SURGERY OF THE WAR IN PORTUGAL SPAIN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS
From the battle of Rolica in 1808
to that of Waterloo in 1815 with additions relating to those in the
CRIMEA in 1854-55 showing the improvements made dnring and since that
period in the great art and science of Surgery on all the subjects to
which they relate. BY G.J. GUTHRIE F.R.S. One vol 12mo Price $2.25
FROM THE PREFACE TO THE SIXTH
LONDON EDITION: The rapid sale of the fifth and the demand for a sixth
edition of this work enable me to say that the precepts Includated is it
has been fully borne out and confirmed by the practice of the Surgeons
of the Army In the Crimea in almost every particular. They
have performed operations of the greatest Importance at my suggestion
that had not been done before with a judgment and ability beyond all
praise and they have modified othen to the great advantage of those who
may hereafter suffer from similar injuries. The precepts laid down
are the result of the experience acquired tn the war in the Peninsula
from the first battle of Rolica in 1808 to the last In Belgium of
Waterloo in 1815 which altered, nay overturned, nearly all those which
existed previously to that period on all the points to which they relate
points as essential in the surgery of domestic as in military life They
have been the means of saving the lives and of relieving if not even of
preventing the miseries of thousands of our fellow creatures throughout
the civilized world.
J. B. Lippincott &
Co., Philadelphia, 1862. Hard Cover. 8vo - ovtv. 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 403
pages
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Medical Books from J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publishers listing the War of the Crimea 1862
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Stromeyer on Gunshot
Fractures, by Stromeyer, Georg Friedrich Louis, Surgeon General's Office
(Surgeon-General's Office) Library marked
(1861)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1865 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
This is the original English text translated from German, which was later published by
Lippincott 1m 1862 with 'Resection in gunshot injuries' by Friedrich von Esmarch in
1862. There is no title page as such, no printing date and no
publisher listing. The publication date (1861) is based on the publisher Bailliere's listing in 1861: Stromeyer, 'Fractures of limbs occurring in
gunshot injuries', 8vo. London, $1.55 (example below left). The Library
of Congress does not show this earlier English copy which was in the SGO
Library.
With the SGO (Surgeon General's Office) marking on the book spine (bottom of
the spine) and the SGO Library stickers, this is a rare example of the earlier
translation of Stomeyer's article (66 pages), published before the later
publication in 1862 by Lippincott (see the 1862 publication listing below.)
The Library sticker is marked in blue handwriting as a "Dupl" (duplicate.
The book is very thin and small ( 3/8 x 5 x 7 5/8 in), bound in dark green
cloth, the spine is black Shagreen, imprinted in gold gilt on the spine.
Click here information on the SGO Library by
Wyndam Miles
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Bailliere's medical publications,
1861, (earlier version)
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Lippincott's military publications, 1862
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The
booksellers label in the front of the Stromeyer
book: Paul B. Hoeber, Medical Books, N.Y.
This note is included to point out the fact the
book was in the hands of a highly reputable
medical book dealer. |
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May 2,
1991: Paul B. Hoeber, former head of the medical
book division of Harper & Brothers, died. Mr. Hoeper was with Harper &
Brothers, later known as Harper & Row, from 1937
until 1975 and was president of Hoeber-Harper
Medical Books. From 1970 to 1975, he also ran
the American branch of Elsevier, a Dutch
publishing house. In 1975 he founded
Agathon Press, a publisher of scholarly
journals, including The Urban Review. He retired
in 1985.
Provenance
for the SGO Stromeyer binding by
comparison to a later SGO Ex-Library catalogue
"Gunshot Fractures"
by Dr. Louis Stromeyer, and "Resection in Gunshot Injuries"
(1862) by Dr. Friedrich Esmarch. Translations from
the German by Statham.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1865 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Published by J. B. Lippincott
in 1862 as a combined translation book from German authors Stromeyer and
Esmarch. A copy of Stromeyer's book is listed in the
Surgeon General's Office
Library Catalogues and the list of medical textbooks which
were published during the Civil War for the Army Medical
Department. This is one of the books published for the
military by Lippincott during the War. Dimensions of the
book are: 7 1/2 x 5 in. with 120 pages, which is typical of the
field textbooks size issued by Lippincott. Copies of the
Lippincott ads in the front and back of this book are included
below.
ON GUNSHOT INJURIES GUNSHOT
FRACTURES
By Dr Louis STROMEYER
RESECTION IN GUNSHOT INJURIES
By Dr FRIEDBICH ESMARCH
One vol 12mo 75 cents In
the present volume are combined two valuable treatises on
Gunshot Injuries by eminent German surgeons forming a book
that army surgeons in particular will prize highly Buffalo
Express Dr Stromeyer was Surgeon in Chief of the Schleswig
Holstein army in the campaign of 1849 against the Danes Dr
Esmarch accompanied Dr Stromeyer in this campaign which if
not on a very extensive scale was yet quite extensive enough
to enable their intelligent surgeons to frequently exercise
their skill and obtain a practical knowledge of the subjects
they treat of in this book one interesting and valuable to
all army surgeons New York Post STROMEYER AND ESMARCH
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Lippincott's ads for
military & medical publications from the front and
back of this text book in 1862 |
Enlargement
of the imprint on the top of the spine on right reads:
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Stromeyer
Esmarch
Statham
Gunshot
Injuries |
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Therapeutics and Materia Medica,
(1864), by Alfred Stille, two
volume set,
U. S. Army Hospital Department
marked
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1864 &1865
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue or the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department. According to the National Library of Medicine
1,024 copies of this text was issued to the Army during the War.
Therapeutics and Materia
Medica, A Systematic Treatise on the Action and Uses of Medicinal
Agents including their Description and History By Alfred Stiixe MD Professor
of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania.
Second edition revised and enlarged, 2 vols, pp 776 , Philadelphia
Blanchard and Lea 1864
Additional information on
Alfred Stille, M.D.
What makes this set of books rare and
interesting is they appear on the list of books ordered to be purchased by
the Surgeon General's Office for the various Army hospitals during the
War. Of all the books listed, Stille's book was the lowest number
published of
those ordered, making it all the more rare.
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Discussion of the Stille text books by the publisher:
Blanchard & Lea in 1867
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Univ. of Pennsylvania lecture Ticket for
Alfred Stille, M.D, 1868-69 |
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U. S. A
Hospital
Department |
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Name: Ptolemy O'Meara Edson
Cause of death: pneumonia
Death date: Feb 13, 1928
Place of death: Boston, MA
Birth date: Dec 27, 1833
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses: MA
Places and dates of practice: Boston, MA, 1860
Medical school: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington,
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Owner signature: P. H. Edson, West
Randolph, Vermont.
The Roster lists a
surgeon by the name of Edson, P. O'mera, 109 Warren St., Roxbury.
1865, 17th Infantry, Vermont.
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Therapeutics and Materia Medica,
(1860, first edition), by Alfred Stille,
two volume set,
U. S. Army Hospital Department
marked, (Volume One only)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1864 &1865
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogue and the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Additional information on
Alfred Stille, M.D.
ALFRED STILLE, M. D.;
THERAPEUTICS AND MATERIA MEDICA, a Systematic Treatise on the Action and
Uses of Medicinal Agents including their Description and History In two
large and handsome octavo volumes of 1789 pages, $8 00.
This
work is designed especially for the student and practitioner of medicine
and treats the various articles of the Materia Medica from the point of
view of the bedside and not of the shop or of the lecture room. While
thus endeavoring to give all practical information likely to be useful
with respect to the employment of special remedies in special affections
and the results to be anticipated from their administration a copious
Index of Diseases and their Remedies renders the work eminently fitted
for reference by showing at a glance the different means which have been
employed and enabling the practitioner to extend his resources in
difficult cases with all that the experience of the profession has
suggested.
Blanchard & Lea. 1860-1st. Edition
Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia, 23cm, in sheep binding, viii, 975 p.,
index: footnote references, A book used in the Civil War, Union Army.:
THERAPEUTICS and MATERIA MEDICA-A Systematic Treatise on the Action and
Uses of Medicinal Agents: vol. II: MILITARY MEDICINE: PHARMACOLOGY:
ALFRED STILLÉ
 
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U. S. A
Hospital
Department
Wanted: Vol. II of this edition and marked for USA
Hosp. Dept. |
Elements of General
Pathology, A Practical Treatise, (1848) by Alfred Stille, M.D.
The first edition of this textbook by
Dr. Stille. (5.5 x 8 x 1.5 in.), published by Lindsay and
Blakiston, Philadelphia
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston,
1848., 1848. xvi, [25]-483 pp; ads. Original full sheep. "Stillé
had become a prominent lecturer on pathology and the practice of
medicine in several Philadelphia hospitals. . . Stillé felt that hitherto 'English
literature had . . . possessed no work exclusively devoted to general
pathology'; with this in mind Stillé proposed to give a brief view of
etiology, neology, semeiology, diagnosis and prognosis, omitting the
hygiene, prophylaxis and therapeutics commonly treated in other texts of
similar objective. . . . Rather remarkably he felt that pathological
anatomy had run its course, and that those who had done the most to
advance the subject should now turn their attention to the fluids of the
body, using the microscope to discover facts deep within the recesses of
organized matter. The smallest of the four main sections of the book was
devoted to 'general morbid anatomy', but in the midst of many
generalities he included a chapter on exact instructions for performing
autopsies, following this with an abbreviated description of the major
types of abnormalities encountered in post-mortem examinations. "His first
important work, 'The Elements of General Pathology', 1848, was based on
the modern researches.
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Univ. of Pennsylvania lecture Ticket for
Alfred Stille, M.D, 1868-69 |
Name:
Ludwell Gaines Thacker
Cause of death: tuberculosis; (M)
Death date: Jun 20, 1901
Place of death: Defiance, OH
Birth date: 1843
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses:OH, 1896
Medical school(s): Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
New York, 1866, (G)
Ludwell Gaines
Thacker, alumni of Michigan in 63-65, Medical, MD
Bellevue 66, Died at Defiance Ohio June 20 1901 aged 58
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Signature of owner: L. G. Thacker |
Gutherie's Commentaries
on the Surgery of War, by G. J. Guthrie, F.R.S.,
U.S. Army Medical Department
marked (1862)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues and the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Guthrie's Surgery of
War Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal Spain France and
the Netherlands from the battle of Rolica in 1808 to that of Waterloo in
1815 with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55 showing
the improvements made during and sinoe that period in the great art and
science of Surgery on all the subjects to which they relate By G.J.
Guthrie, PRS One vol 12mo
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