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Civil War Medical Books

Medical text books, Civil War medical books, Antique medical books, Rare medical books

Authors: Tripler, Blackman, John H. Packard, John H. Power

 U. S. Army & Confederate Army Medical Department Publications

U.S. Army Hospital and Medical Departments

 

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Handbook for the Military Surgeon, (1862) by Chas. Tripler, M.D. and Geo. Blackman, M.D.

A copy of this text book is listed in the 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.

Charles Stuart Tripler (1806-1866) and George Curtis Blackman (1819-1891) co-authored  Hand-book for the military surgeon; being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field, the sanitary management of the camp, the preparation of food, etc.; with forms for the requisitions for supplies, returns, etc.; the diagnosis and treatment of camp dysentery; and all the important points in war surgery; including gunshot wounds, amputation, wounds of the chest, abdomen, arteries and head, and the use of chloroform (Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & Co., 1862).

Tripler and Blackman were both graduates of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Tripler entered the Army as assistant surgeon and was made full surgeon in 1847. In 1861 he was appointed medical director of General Patterson's army in the Shenandoah Valley. Upon General McClellan's assuming chief command, he was made general director of the Army of the Potomac and organized the medical services in that department. In 1854, Blackman became professor of surgery in the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati. During the war he was noted for his bold and skillful technique as surgical operator; he was also an able writer and lecturer.

Additional information on: Tripler and Blackman

Example of Tripler's army medical exam form for recruits

Handbook for the military surgeon : being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field... and all the important points in war surgery  Fourth edition.

Published: Cincinnati : R. Clarke, 1862.

7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in., 121 pages plus an appendix of supplies for medical officer.

 

Signed on the inside cover: L. M. Buffinberger, M.D., Osborn, Ohio

Signature of Dr. L. M. Buffinberger

   

1862-63 lecture card for Principles and Practice of Surgery by Geo. C. Blackman, MD

These lecture courses were used by doctors to help pay their salary.  The cards were sold for admission to the course.

 


 Manual of Minor Surgery, (1863) by John H. Packard, M.D.

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: John H. Packard, M.D.

With 145 illustrations. Authorized and adopted by the surgeon-general of the United States army for the use of surgeons in the field and general hospitals. Published: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863.   5 x 7 6/8 x 1 in., 285 pages.

 

Signed by:  Dr. Raphael De, Catonsville, Maryland

 

Signature of Raphael De

 


Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, (1862) by John H. Power, M. D.,  U. S. Army Medical Department issue (U. S. Army Medical Department imprinted title version)

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: John Hatch Power

This version and one that follows are essentially the same book, but the covers are different, this one has the U. S. Army Medical  Department title imprinted and the second and apparently later version has a USA Medical Department crest embossed on the cover.

POWER'S, ANATOMY OF THE ARTERIES OF THE HUMAN BODY; Descriptive and Surgical with the Descriptive Anatomy of the Heart By JOHN HATCH POWER, MD.;  Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Surgeon to the City of Dublin Hospital. 12mo amply illustrated $2.00 TREATISE ON MILITARY HYGIENE

Authorized Medical Books from J. B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers.  Authorized and adopted by the Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, for use in Field and General Hospitals 1862

Author: John Hatch Power, M.D.  U.S. Army Medical Department, 1862, a publication for use by surgeon's during the War.  Published:  Phila. Pa.; J. B.  Lippincott & Co. ( 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 in.), 401 pages.

 

Signed by  A. I. Lawbaugh,  Morristown, Ill.,

 

Name: Albert I. Lawbaugh
Cause of death: carcinoma; (M)
Death date: Feb 15, 1923
Place of death: Calumet, MI
Birth date: 1844
Type of practice: Allopath
States and years of licenses: MI, 1900, IL
Places and dates of practices: Calumet, MI, 1870, Oct 24, 1917, Laurium, MI, Jul 1, 1916, Mar 11, 1914, May 19, 1919
Medical school: State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn: Long Island Coll. Hosp., 1870

   

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Owner signature of A. I. Lawbaugh

Additional information on Dr. Lawbaugh

 


Anatomy of the arteries of the human body, (1862) by John H. Power, M. D.,  U. S. Army Medical Department issue  ( U. S. Army Medical Department embossed logo version)

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: John Hatch Power

This version and the previous one are essentially the same book, but the covers are different.  This later version has a USA Medical Department crest embossed on the cover.  See variations of the Medical Department logos and titles.

 

Authorized Medical Book from J. B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers.  Authorized and adopted by the Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, for use in Field and General Hospitals 1862

 

Author: John Hatch Power, M.D.  U.S. Army Medical Department, 1862, a publication for use by surgeon's during the Civil War.  Published:  Phila. Pa.; J. B.  Lippincott & Co.  (7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 in.), 401 pages.

 

Owner signature

S. B. McRennihan, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

U. S. Army Medical Dept. logo

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