Civil War Era Civilian Surgical and Medical Texts
Authors:
John Hunter, Joseph
Toynbee, William Mackenzie, Horace Dobell, Wharton T. Jones,
E. Bartlett, Austin Flint
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The following medical and surgical
text books were used immediately before or during the Civil War. They are a
window into a medical education
and Civil War medicine 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 Blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds, (1817), by John Hunter, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
1864 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
(Note the attached insert
from the Civil War surgeon (image) adjacent to the title page, dated 1864.
Also, there is a page dedicated to Phillip Syng, M.D. by the editor, and one
to the King of England by John Hunter. A previous owner signature is
dated 1821.)
Additional information
on John Hunter, M.D.
Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment, (1860),
by Joseph Toynbee, M.D.
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.
Additional
information on Joseph Toynbee, M.D.
Garrison-Morton: "The foundation of
aural pathology. In this book Toynbee described the method of
removing the temporal bone and discussed the post mortem appearances
in relation to the symptoms observed during life. He made over 2,000
dissections of the ear." "Joseph Toynbee died at the age of 51 as
the result of an experiment on himself. Believing that tinnitus
might be relieved by inhalation of the vapours of chloroform and
prussic acid, with subsequent Valsalva inflation, he subjected
himself to the test, with a fatal result. He thus became a martyr in
the cause of the science of otology"
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's
1860
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Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment, (1860),
by Joseph Toynbee, M.D., marked for the
"U.S. Army Hospital Department"
issue.
Note: This copy pre-dates the
start of the Civil War and is marked for the U. S. A. Hospital
Department, not the usual Medical Department, which is testimony to the
Hospital Department's existence prior to the War.
Another
example in this collection of a Hospital Department item pre-dating
the Civil War is the Goulding U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. surgical set used
during the Mexican War.
Note: The post-War signature of
the owner is that of E. D. Laughlin, who owned another Hospital
Department issue in this collection by Hammond on Hygiene. His
biography is linked below the signature.
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.
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1860
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Owner signature:
E. D. Laughlin, 1867
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A
Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, (1855), by William
Mackenzie, M.D.
Additional
information on William
Mackenzie, M.D.
MACKENZIE W. MD,
Burgeon Oculist in Scotland in ordinary to Her Majesty: A
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE EYE, To which
is prefixed an Anatomical Introduction explanatory of a Horizontal
Section ol the Human Eyeball bf Thomas Wharton Jones FRS. From the
Fourth Revised and Enlarged London Edition With Notes and Additions by
Addinell Howson MD, Surgeon to Wills Hospital. In one very large
and handsome octavo volume leather raised bands with plates and numerous
wood cuts. $5.25.
The treatise of Dr Mackenzie indisputably
holds the first place and forms in respect of learning and research an
Encyclopedia unequalled in extent by any other work of the kind either
English or foreign. Few modern books on any department of medicine
or surgery have met with such extended circulation or have procured for
their authors a like amount of European celebrity. Med Times
and Gazette
Lecturer on the Eye
in the University of Glasgow, and one of the Surgeons to the Glasgow Eye
Infirmary. To which is Prefixed, An Anatomical Introduction Explanatory
of a Horizontal Section of the Human Eyeball. By Thomas Wharton Jones,
F.R.S., Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery in University
College, London, and Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Hospital. With One
Hundred and Seventy-Five Illustrations. From the Fourth Revised and
Enlarged Edition. With Notes and Additions, by Addinell Hewson, A.M.,
M.D., One of the Surgeons to Wills Hospital for Diseases of the Eye;
Lecturer on Surgery in the Philadelphia Association for Medical
Instruction.
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1855
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Blanchard and Lea,
Philadelphia, 1855. Hard Cover. Fourth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
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Lectures on the Germs and Vestiges of Disease, (1861), by
Horace Dobell, M.D.
A copy of this text book is
listed in the 1864 Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
Lectures on the
Germs and
Vestiges of
Disease, and on the Prevention
of the Invasion and Fatality of Disease
by Periodical Examinations. Delivered at the Royal
Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest., Bv
Horace Dobell, M.
D., Physician to the
Infirmary. London: 1861. 8vo. pp. 198.
The chief object of
these lectures is to show the extreme
importance of those slight deviations from the normal health which are
commonly looked upon as little worthy of the physician's thought and
care, seeing that we may always detect in these deviations, if we only
look carefully, the vestiges and
germs of disease,
which, with proper care, may often be destroyed and
eradicated. Another object is to advance
certain ingenious speculations upon disease
and death as arising in altered conditions of a V.M.F. (or
vitalized mode of force), and of a L.M.F. (or lifeless mode of force);
and to propose a plan of periodical examinations by which persons may
have a better chance of being kept well or prevented from getting
worse.
The
Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1856), by
Wharton T. Jones, M.D., second edition, published before the Civil War
The Principles And
Practice
Of Ophthalmic
Medicine And
Surgery. By T. Wharton
Jones, F. R. S., Professor of Ophthalmic
Medicine and Surgery in the
University College of London, Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Hospital,
With 110 illustrations. Second American edition, with additions from
the second and revised London edition. Philadelphia:
BlanchArd &
Lea, 1856. The above
excellent manual, already known to the profession through a former
edition, has again made its appearance on our table through the
liberality of its publishers. It has been materially improved by its
distinguished author and has passed through the American press under the
supervision of Dr. Edward Hartshorne.
In one large handsome royal 12mo volume extra cloth, 500 pages .
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Name: Arthur White
Death date: Aug 11, 1921
Place of death: Rockport, IN
Birth date: 1832
Type of practice: Allopath
Practice specialities: GS General Surgery
States and years of licenses:IN, 1897
Places and dates of practice: Rockport, IN, 1854
Medical schools: University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore: University of Maryland School of
Medicine and Coll of Phys and Surgeons, 1854, (G)
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Owner signature:
Arthur White, M.D., Civil War Assistant Surgeon |
Information about
Dr. Arthur White
from the Medical and Surgical History data base relative to his
service during the Civil War in the Indiana 25th Regiment as an
Asst. Surgeon.
The
Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, (1863), by
Wharton T. Jones, M.D. third edition, published during the Civil War
A copy of this
text book is listed in the
list of medical
textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army
Medical Department.
Blanchard and Lea,
Philadelphia, 1863. Hard Cover. Third American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Third and revised American edition, with additions, from the
second London edition. pp. xxiii, 4 plates (with explanations), [33] -
455, 32 [adverts.].
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Publisher Blanchard & Lea's information, 1865
Signed: Edgar A. Mearns, 1880
Name: Edgar Alexanders Mearns
Death date: Nov 1, 1916
Place of death: Washington, DC
Birth date: 1856
Type of practice: Allopath
Practice specialities:GS General Surgery
Medical school(s): Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, 1881, (G) |
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History, Diagnosis, and
Treatment of the Fevers of the United States, by Elisha Bartlett, M.D.,
(1852)
Additional information on Elisha Bartlett, M.D. This textbook
takes on significant importance in consideration of the effect Yellow Fever
had on the seasonal deployment of troops during the Civil War.
"Bartlett's book contains the first
description of typhoid fever in English. It is a masterpiece of clinical
writing and includes a careful analysis of current ideas with temperate and
well-reasoned conclusions." This edition is notable because it contains an
extensive section on yellow fever not included in the first edition."
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Physical Exploration and
Diagnosis of Diseases Affecting the Respiratory Organs, by Austin Flint, M.D., (1856, first edition)
A copy of this text book is
listed in the
Surgeon
General's Office Library Catalogues
Additional
information on Austin Flint, M.D.
FLINT, AUSTIN MD, Professor of the Theory
and Practice of Medicine in the University of Louisville.
PHYSICAL EXPLORATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY
ORGANS, In one large and handsome octavo volume extra cloth. 636
pages.
First edition. By Austin Flint, "the
American Laennec," discusses the use of auscultation and other diagnostic
techniques in evaluating patients with pulmonary disease. The most
comprehensive monograph on physical diagnosis of the chest published by an
American.
A work of original observation of the highest merit.
We recommend the treatise to every one who wishes to become a correct asculatator. Based to a very large extent norm cases numerically
examined it carries the evidence of careful study and discrimination upon
every page. It does credit to the author and through him to the
profession in this country. It is what we cannot call every book. Upon an
examination a readable book. Am Jour Med Scient.
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Austin Flint, M.D.
Lecture ticket for Bellevue Hospital
Medical College Faculty of Bellevue Hospital 1864,
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