Confederate Medicine
[Baton Rouge]: Southern Historical Association, 1940. First. Large Wraps Disbound. Excellent general narrative by the author of the In Tall Cotton selection, Doctors in Gray. This pages 151-166 of the May 4, 1940 journal. More
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A History of the Medical Department of the United States Army.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1929. First. HB. [ATTRIBUTION-MEDICAL] . There are over 70 inscriptions and signatures in the book. Many on tipped in pages. They start with the author’s and the surgeon general who wrote the introduction for the book. This book served as an autograph book for the man who..... More
Civil War Medicine
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1966. First. Hard Bound. Not in Nevins.Brooks covers the growth of the medical field from a few incompetent surgeons pre-war to the vast operation when the war concluded. He deals with both diseases and surgical care. More
The Confederate Medical Officer in the Field.
NY: New York Academy of Medicine, 1958. First. Large wraps. A short article authored by the In Tall Cotton author of "Doctors in Gray." This an article included with two others in the July 1958 Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Scholarly study. More
Doctors in Gray:The Confederate Medical Service.
Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1958. First. HB. ITC-32. “An excellent general account..” Nevins I-6: “..a scholarly study..”. More
A Treatise on Human Physiology.
Philadelphia: Henry Lea, 1867. Later Printing. Full Leather. A common medical text during the War, this a later edition. Full leather binding typical of the period. More
Recollections of a Rebel Surgeon
Chicago: Clinic Publishing, 1901. Second. Hard Bound. The book is full of anecdotes and has little organization. Lots of dialog long after the fact. The author was from Mississippi and hints he served in one of the State's units - but which one is a guess. Nevins I-78. More
Leaves From the Diary of an Army Surgeon
NY: John Bradburn, 1863. First. Hard Bound. An interesting book printed in the middle of the War. The author was an "administrative" surgeon in Virginia. It was a very important position as he had to get in order all the individual regimental medical personnel, establish procedures, build medical centers, etc...... More
Pharmaceutical Conditions and Drug Supply in the Confederacy.
Madison, WS: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1955. First. Wraps. A neat little book on an obscure subject. Has great footnotes with new leads to books! More
General Orders No. 35.
Washington City: GPO, 1861. First. Disbound single page wrap. A single page General Orders with the "how to determine the competency of a military surgeon" which is done by a three member board. If found wanting, kick him out. Original signature of later Major General Thomas. Also included..... More
A Manual of Military Surgery, Or, Hints on the Emergencies of Field, Camp, and Hospital Practice
NY: Lippincott, 1861. Second Edition dated 1862. HB Manual. AN EXTREMELY RARE SURGEON’S MANUAL. SO SCARCE IT CAN NOT BE FOUND IN ANY REFERENCES. I HAVE SEEN A CONFEDERATE VERSION ONCE AND IT WAS MARKED $5,000! More
A Treatise on Military Surgery and Hygiene.
NY: Bailliere Brothers, 1865. First. HB Manual. A RARE AND EXPENSIVE CIVIL WAR SURGEON'S MANUAL. THIS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE SANITARY COMMISSION TO THE SIXTH ARMY CORPS. Great content, covers virtually all medical aspects of the military surgeon. Case studies and an interesting commentary on the quality of Afro-American..... More
Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs.
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 2012. First. Hard Bound. Scholarly study in a long neglected field. Large portions of post war state budgets were earmarked for this purpose. As many as 60,000 underwent amputation during the War. More
The Action of Medicine in the System.
Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston, 1863. Fourth American. War Dated. HB. This is a fourth American edition, the first being an English edition. Very rare, covers pharmaceutical issues and how the body deals with those taken orally. A very scholarly study, it rec’d a major award from the London Medical Society..... More
The Excision of Joints
Boston: Welch, Bigelow and Co., 1861. First. HB. Civil War dated medical book used by military doctors in the field. Much reference material inside, no illustrations. Likely very rare. A manual likely kept close at hand due to the huge number of amputations performed during the War. Not common!!... More
Our Army Nurses
Boston: B. Wilkens, 1895. First. HB. Nevins I-103. great narrative with many stories by the nurses. Nice pictorial front board. Little found on Civil War nursing, so much was done by volunteer civilian women. More
A Prototype of a Confedertae Hospital Center in Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg: Warwick House, 1986. First. Hard Bound. The book was endorsed by the Lynchburg Historical Society. Lynchburg became a large Confederate medical center due to the railroad that ran from the battlefields of upper Virginia to this inland city. The use of the railroad to evacuate wounded was novel to..... More
Muskets and Medicine, or Army Life in the Sixties
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1917. First. HB. Nevins I-114. Coulter 258. Dornbusch I-IL-359. Nevins states it is the only printed record of note of the 130th Ill Infantry. A super book with interesting and not seen photos about the medical field. BOOK SIGNED ON FFEP NEAR GUTTER. Mostly Trans Mississippi... More
Nuns of the Battlefield
Providence: Providence Visitor Press, 1927. First. Hard Bound. The title is very descriptive of the narrative, covers the Orders that served as nurses not only in the civil War but others wars as well. Over 20 orders responded to the call. Dornbusch IV-11989. Nevins II-129:6"... useful bibliography." SIGNED..... More
The Surgeons of the Civil War
Muncie, IN: Indiana State Medical Association, 1918. Off print of a medical journal. Wraps. Small and short wrappers piece. General Kemper served as surgeon to the 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, a member of the famed Wilder's Brigade. Heavy on Indiana. More
Three Years in Camp and Hospital
Boston: George Russell, 1870. First. Hard Bound. The story of a man taken with himself. An entertainer who traveled about The Eastern Theater. Nevins I-122. Dornbusch II-2198. More
Stories of Hospital and Camp.
Philadelphia: Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876. First. Hard Bound. Insights of Union hospitals and nurses. The recollection of a woman who served 40 months nursing the sick and wounded.She was all over the Eastern Theater. She also worked extensively with the Freedmen following the War. A pretty scarce book. Nevins I-126..... More
Doctors in Blue
NY: Henry Schuman, 1952. First. HB. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE LIMITED EDITION, IT LOOKS LIKE A CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE SIGNATURE SHEET TIPPED IN. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Nevins I-3: "…complete scholarly treatment." Union Bookshelf-3: "…admirably compressed much essential information about a neglected topic…" More
Hospital Scenes After the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863.
Philadelphia: Henry Ashmead, 1864. First. Stiff Wraps. Small stiff wrapped piece compiled by The Patriot Daughters of Lancaster. Very obscure war dated piece. Some propaganda, also stories without names of the wounded. Ex-library. Referenced in Saurer 1805. Not in other bibliographies. More
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Likely Boston: Unknown, 1861- 4. All First Printings. Detached. THIS LOT IS A COMPILATION OF MEDICAL JOURNALS DATED FROM 1861 THROUGH 1864. EACH HAS CIVIL WAR RELATED INFORMATION. ALL ARE DISBOUND. FOLLOWING ARE THE DATES OF THE ARTICLES AND A BRIEF RECAP OF SOME OF THE..... More