American Civil War Medicine & Surgical Antiques

Surgical Set collection from 1860 to 1865 - Civilian and Military

Civil War:  Medicine, Surgeon Education & Medical Textbooks

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See photos and prices: Warman's Civil War Collectibles Book: medical antiques

 

Civil War surgery, sets, books, and surgeon related articles

Surgical set photos 4  Civil War

Surgical set photos 5  Civil War

Surgical set photos 6  Civil War

Surgical set photos 7  Civil War

 

An extensive discussion on identification of Civil War military surgical sets

Article on Lincoln deathbed description by an attending surgeon

Article on Union medical materials and the medical staff organization during the Civil War

Article showing dates and maker labels for Civil War set makers

Article on ligation of arteries and use of the aneurism needle

Article on Surgeon Frank Ridgway to document his Civil War set,

Article on cased surgical sets recommended by surgeons during the Civil War

Article on pocket surgical kit identification and contents used during the Civil War

Article on Medical Cadets during the Civil War

Article on government sale of Civil War hospital inventory to surgeons

Article on instruments typically found in pocket surgical cases

Article on a Goulding-Brinkerhoff connection

Article on Medical Cadets during the Civil War

Article on the Field Organization of the Medical Department, 1862

Article on suture needles and suturing during the Civil War era

Article on bloodletting or venesection during the Civil War

Article on use of the microscope during the Civil War

Article on sources of Civil War military surgical sets

Article on transfusions during the Civil War

Article on Medical Purveyors and Storekeepers, 1861

Article, report on Gettysburg by Surg. Letterman about 'useless' civilian doctors

Article on contract physicians being required to bring their own instruments

Article, report on Gettysburg by Surg. Letterman about useless civilian doctors

Article on sale of Civil War hospital inventory to surgeons

Article on the Medical Purveyors and Store-Keepers during the war

Archival data on the Hospital and Medical Department budgets

Catheters and sounds used in Civil War sets

Chloroform and its use on the battlefield during the Civil War

Chloroform and sulfuric ether use during the Civil War, from Smith's Manual of Surgery

Ciba article on Civil War medical education

Ciba article on Civil War medicine during the Civil War

Civil War image of surgeons 5th Army Corps under Meade

Civil War Surgery Register for 49th New York Volunteers 1863-1865

Civil War Collidge Field Case or Surgeon's Companion

Civil War contract surgeons

Civil War 'Confederate' surgical set evaluation

Civil War medical books ordered by the Surgeon General's Office for the Medical Department

Civil War microscope use, an article

Civil War pocket surgical kit

Civil War hospital inventory of medical books & supplies 1865

Civil War instrument maker list

Civil War era pocket surgical cases or kits instrument lists by Snowden, Gemrig, and Tiemann

Civil War surgeon identification and how to research a doctor's name

Civil War set with unusual history and how it was determined

Civil War surgical cases with unusual variations of latches and keys

Civil War surgical instruments and their use from a military manual

Civil War surgical set  makers for the  U. S. Army Medical  and  Hospital Dept's.

Civil War treatment of a venereal disease

Civil War era maker marks by Tiemann

Civil War Surgery: The truth about what surgeons did and did not do during the War

Civil War Surgical Manuals and Medical Texts

Civil  War trepanning examples from the Medical & Surgical History

Civil War Tiemann pocket surgical  kit, c. 1854

Civil War venesection and bloodletting article

Civil War issued U.S.A Hosp. and Med'l Dept. medical bottles

Civil War thumb lancet for venesection

Civil War Medical Staff sword by Horstmann,

Civil War labeled japanned tin medical containers

Civil War Army Surgeon

Civil War era stomach pump by Brinkerhoff, N.Y.

Civil War medical bottles marked for the U.S.A. Hospital Department

Cdv's of the surgeons who taught at Bellevue Hosp. during the Civil War,

Confederate Medical Department organization

CSA medical & surgical books by Porcher, Chisolm, and Moore

Engraving Civil War surgical set cartouches for the Hosp. Dept.

Extended list of pre-1866 Medical College Lecture Tickets

Evaluation of Civil War Tiemann amputation set c. 1861

Evaluation of two pre-Civil War Tiemann civilian surgery sets, c. 1859-1861.

Frank H. Hamilton Engraved Silver Tray

Fake Civil War surgical set identification

Fake Civil War surgical set on ebay

Gemrig USA Military Dept. surgical set c. 1860's

Goulding USA military surgical set c. 1846, Mexican-American War

Goulding USA military trepanning set c. 1846, Mexican-American War 

Grace's: The Army Surgeon's Manual

Hernstein tooth key marked for the U.S.A. Hosp. Dept.

Hernstein surgical set owned by Confederate doctor c. 1861

Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set. c. 1865

Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set c. 1864

Hernstein & Son Civil War military post-mortem set,

Hernstein & Son, Civil War issue, ivory handled dissection set,

Hernstein Civil War sets: military vs civilian versions

Hernstein early U.S.A Hosp. Dept. set, c. 1861

Hernstein Civil War set c. 1861

Hernstein U. S, Army trephine set, c. 1865

Homeopathic and Allopathic Physicians during the Civil War

How to identify Civil War military surgery sets

Index of all Civil War era medical text books in Echols collection

Instruments typically found in a pocket surgical case

Instrument sets specified by the U.S. Army Medical Department during the Civil War

Instrument list of military surgical set instrument details from the Tiemann catalog

Instrument list found in Civil War surgical sets from Frank Hamilton's Civil  War book

Instruments normally found in a Civil War field set 1861-65

Jefferson Medical College lecture cards in the leather folder,

Kolbe USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set c. 1862

Kolbe pocket surgical kit, Civil War design

List of over 300 Civil War medical  authors and faculty in this collection

Liston, Robert, M. D. article and text book on surgery

Medical education during the Civil War

Medical schools in existence during and before the Civil War

Material requisitioned by the medical staff during the Civil War

Military latches and markings for identification of Civil War surgical sets

Mariner's medical guide for ships, families, plantations, 1884

Moses Herrick, first amputation of Civil War by surgeon Norman Smith

Navy surgery set by Wade & Ford from hospital steward aboard U.S. Virginia

Norman Smith,  MD, Tiemann Civil War surgical set c. 1861

Post 1880, non-Civil War surgical set identification

Post-Mortem set information, how many, etc.

Researching Civil War surgeons and physicians

Revised U.S. Army Regulations book, 1861

Set of Medical & Surgical History of the Rebellion,

Shepard and Dudley: Were not makers during the Civil War

Snowden and Brother Civil War capital surgical set c. 1861-5 

Snowden U S Army Medical Dept.  post-mortem set c. 1860's  

Snowden and Brother capital size military four tier surgery set

Snowden and Brother field size U.S.A. Med. Dept military amputation set

Snowden amputation set, 1860

So you want to buy a Civil War surgical set!

Stethoscopes and Civil War useage

Surgical set case latch comparisons

Suture needles and suturing

Squibb Civil War medical bottle

Tiemann's catalogue for Civil War instrument identification

Tiemann's bullet removal instruments c.1870's

Tiemann maker marks on various instruments to determine dates

Tiemann surgical set comparison of a c. 1855 to a c. 1861

Tiemann surgical set c. 1864

Tiemann leather Civil War era pocket surgical kit, four panel,

Tiemann bleeder thumb lancet from Civil War era

Tiemann military amputation set c.1861, small set specified by Hamilton

Tiemann U. S. Army Hospital Dept. field set, c. 1862-64

Tiemann U. S. Army Hospital Dept. urological set c. 1863-64

Tiemann list of military surgical set instruments in a case

Tiemann 1870 catalog post-mortem instruments

Tiemann Military Embalming pump set,

Tiemann Civil War surgical set c. 1861 belonging to Norman Smith, M.D.

Tourniquets: variations and dating methods by shape and buckles

Transfusions during the Civil War with apparatus

US Army Hospital Department: its history and organization

Union medical staff organization and materia chirugica during the Civil War

U.S. A Hosp. Dept. quart bottle, amber color,

U.S.A. Hosp. Dept, dental key by H. Hernstein & Tiemann in Civil War leather kit,

U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. field set of Civil War surgeon Frank Ridgway

U.S.A. Med. Dept. ceramic jar with a paper label marked 1863

Uses of various surgical instruments from a Civil War manual

Wade and Ford surgical set owned by a Civil War Navy doctor

 

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Surgical set identification and related articles


Surgical set photos 1  Early 1820 to 1840

Surgical set photos 2  Early 1840 to 1860

Surgical set photos 3  Post-Civil War 1865 to 1880

 

Altered surgical instruments and how value is effected

Amputation knife blades analysis for dating purposes

Antique surgical instrument books and where to find them

Antique surgical instrument identification

Bone forceps 1829 to 1886 and during the Civil War

Civil War surgical instruments and their use from a military manual

Civil War era maker marks by Tiemann

Civil War Surgery: field surgeon's list of instruments and medical equipment

Dating surgical saws by association with other instruments

Fake Civil War surgical set on ebay

Forceps design and identification

Gemrig Instrument Catalog c. 1872 (12 pages)

Hernstein Civil War sets: military vs civilian versions

How to identify Civil War surgery sets

Instruments drawings and descriptions for various topics

Instruments normally found in a Civil War field set 1861-65

Military latches and markings for identification of Civil War surgical sets

Post 1880, non-Civil War surgical set identification

Post-Mortem set information, how many, etc.

Surgical set case latch comparisons

Surgical instrument makers in America with dates and location

Tiemann list of military surgical set instruments in a case

Tourniquets: variations and dating methods by shape and buckles

Trepanning instruments in cases and how they are used

Uses of various surgical instruments from a Civil War manual

Valuations of various types of surgical sets

 

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Medical textbooks about Civil War surgery and medicine


 Medical Book Collection:  Index sorted by page or Index sorted by author

 

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Collecting Civil War medical and surgical text books

Civil War era medical books purchased by the U. S. Army Medical Department 1840 - 1861

Civil War related medical books currently in this collection

Medical Book Collection Index

Inventory of medical books from Ward "H" at N.Y. Conesus Centre Army Hospital 1865

Evaluation of Civil War era medical books

Antique surgical instrument books and where to find them

A collection of CSA medical & surgical books by Porcher, Chisolm, and Moore

Civil War medical books ordered by the Surgeon General's Office for the Medical Department

Civil War Surgical Manuals and Medical Texts

Gross, Samuel D., M.D. Operative surgery Vol. 1, 1872

Gruthrie's commentary on War (medical text)

Hamilton, Frank Hastings, M.D. biography

Hamilton, Frank Hastings, M. D. , Books on surgery, fractures, etc.

Index of all Civil War era medical text books in Echols collection

Liston, Robert, M. D. article and text book on surgery

Medical education during the Civil War

Medical schools in existence during and before the Civil War

Medical dictionary by Robley Dunglison, MD, 1860

Researching Civil War surgeons and physicians

Stromeyer on fractures due to gun-shot, SGO Library issue

Surgeon General's Office Library list of books issued during the Civil War

Surgeon General's Office Library 1840 catalogue

Thomson's Conspectus book, U. S. A. Hosp. Dept.,  Surgeon James Dexter

Uses of various surgical instruments from a Civil War manual

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Biographies of Civil War Era Medical Textbooks Authors


List of Civil War era Faculty and Authors on this site

The Medical Book Collection Index Sorted by Author

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General medical collecting, medical antiques, and related articles:


Advice for new medical collectors

Antique surgical instrument books and where to find them

BusinessWeek article on protecting your collection

Civil War surgeon identification and how to research a doctor's name

Civil War surgical instruments and their use from a military manual

Collecting high grade medical antiques

Condition of instruments and sets

Contact information for Michael Echols

Dating surgical saws by association with other instruments

eBay and medical collecting

How to identify Civil War surgery sets

How I started collecting

Index of all Civil War era medical text books in Echols collection

Instruments drawings and descriptions for various topics

Instruments normally found in a Civil War field set 1861-65

Limited restoration of surgical sets and instruments

Medical antiques prices and valuation methods

Medical collecting notes and advice: multiple articles

Medical education during the Civil War

Medical schools in existence during and before the Civil War

Mental Games and collecting: how to make a decision to buy

Pricing surgical or amputation sets: generalized information

Post 1880, non-Civil War surgical set identification

Post-Mortem set information, how many, etc.

Researching Civil War surgeons and physicians

Restoration of surgical sets and instruments

So you want to buy a Civil War surgical set!

Surgical instrument makers in America with dates and location

Tiemann maker marks on various instruments to determine dates

US Army Hospital Department: its history and organization

Union medical staff organization and materia chirugica during the Civil War

Uses of various surgical instruments from a Civil War manual

Valuations of various types of surgical sets

Who collects medical antiques

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Surgical sets in this collection for comparison 1820's to 1880:


Surgical set photos 1  Early 1820 to 1840

Surgical set photos 2  Early 1840 to 1860

Surgical set photos 3  Post-Civil War 1865 to 1880

Surgical set photos 4  Civil War

Surgical set photos 5  Civil War

Surgical set photos 6  Civil War

Aloe & Hernstein c. 1879 amputation set

Gemrig surgical set c. 1840

Gemrig surgical ivory partial set c. 1860

Gemrig USA Military Dept. surgical set c. 1860's

Gemrig bone resecting surgical set .c. 1860's

Gemrig surgical set c. 1850

Gemrig surgical set c. 1867

Gemrig surgical set comparison of an 1850 vs an 1860's set

Gemrig surgical set c. 1869

Gemrig surgical set, style change, c. 1870

Gemrig surgical set c. 1880

Goulding USA military surgical set c. 1846, Mexican-American War

Goulding USA military trepanning set c. 1846, Mexican-American War 

Helmold, Louis V., surgical set c. 1880

Hernstein surgical set owned by Confederate doctor c. 1861

Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set. c. 1865

Hernstein USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set c. 1864

Hernstein Civil War sets: military vs civilian versions

Hernstein early U.S.A Hosp. Dept. set, c. 1861

Hernstein Civil War set c. 1861

Hernstein U. S, Army trephine set, c. 1865

Kern trepanning set c. 1860

Kern amputation set c. 1870  

Kolbe USA Hospital Department military Civil War surgical set c. 1862

Kuermerle surgical set c. 1850

Martin custom surgical set. c. 1850

Norman Smith,  MD, Tiemann Civil War surgical set c. 1861

Rose surgical set, c. 1829

Rose trepanning set, c. 1840 

Sharp and Smith surgery set, c. 1883 

Shepard and Dudley surgical set c. 1870's

Schivley lithotomy surgical set c. 1840

Snowden and Brother Civil War capital surgical set c. 1861-5 

Snowden U S Army Medical Dept.  post-mortem set c. 1860's  

Teufel surgical set c. 1870's

Tiemanns amputation set c. 1830

Tiemann major ivory surgical set c. 1850

Tiemann maker marks on various instruments to determine dates

Tiemann surgical set comparison of a c. 1855 to a c. 1861

Tiemann surgical set c. 1864

Tiemann ivory eye surgery set c. 1850

Tiemann parts set c. 1890 with multiple makers

Tiemann U. S. Army Hospital Dept. field set, c. 1862-64

Tiemann U. S. Army Hospital Dept. urological set c. 1863-64

Tiemann list of military surgical set instruments in a case

Tiemann Civil War pocket surgical set c. 1861-63

Tiemann Civil War surgical set c. 1861 belonging to Norman Smith, M.D.

Tourniquets: variations and dating methods by shape and buckles

Trepanning instruments in cases and how they are used

Wade and Ford surgical set owned by a Civil War Navy doctor c. 1861

Wade and Ford trepanning set c. 1860's

Wiegand and Snowden trepanning set c. 1850's  

Wocher set c. 1850

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American Surgical Sets:

Pre-Civil War:  1 | 2  -   Post-Civil War:  3  -  Civil War 1861-1865:  4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8   INDEX

Medical Text-Books:

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Surgeon General's Office Library printed catalogues: 1840 | 1864 | 1865
Medical Lecture Cards: 1a | 1b 2 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21    INDEX

Medical Faculty and Authors:

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Navy Surgeon Exams:

1863 Navy Surgeon Applicant Exams with Biographies   INDEX ONE | INDEX TWO

Surgeon CDVs, Images

Surgeon's Medical Service Swords, and Pistols

Army: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8    INDEX    

M.S. Surgeon Swords and Pistols:  1 | 2 | 3 | 4  INDEX

Navy: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8   

Hosp Dep't Bottles, Tins, 

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American Civil War Medicine & Surgical Antiques

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