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The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was quite limited by 21st century standards. Doctors did not understand germs, and did little to prevent infection. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility during surgery.
This category refers to articles about people who served as military surgeons or physicians during the American Civil War. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 1861–65 (the MSHWR) was a United States Government Printing Office publication consisting of six volumes, issued between 1870 and 1888 and "prepared Under the Direction of Surgeon General United States Army, Joseph K. Barnes". The History was divided into three parts, each ...
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, reorganized and redesignated as the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center on 19 May 2023 in honor of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Alexander T. Augusta, the first African-American Medical Corps officer to serve in the United States Army, during the U.S. Civil War.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private, but later was made surgeon of Foster's regiment of the Missouri State Troops. [1] [2] [clarification needed] In August, 1861, he was appointed chief surgeon of McBride's 7th Division, and a little later surgeon-general of all the Missouri forces. [1]
After the war, she was approved for the Medal of Honor, for her efforts to treat the wounded in battle and across enemy lines during the Civil War. Notably, the award was not expressly given for gallantry in action at that time, and in fact was the only military decoration during the Civil War.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is a U.S. historic education institution located in Frederick, Maryland. Its focus involves the medical, surgical and nursing practices during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Reed Brockway Bontecou (April 22, 1824 – March 27, 1907) was an American surgeon, whose extensive photographic documentation of soldiers' wounds during the Civil War informed medical treatment, and were widely used to determine the degree of injury which determined of post-war pension payments.