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Discover the experience of a parent looking for their wounded child after a Civil War battle by following Oliver Wendell Holmes’ search for his son.
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Read about the experience of one wounded Union soldier after the battle of Chancellorsville. Rice Bull described the terrible scenes.
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Discover how Union surgeons of Cloud Springs Hospital cared for patients even after they were captured by Confederate cavalry.
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Read how the Stickley family table went from family gathering place to Civil War operating table at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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This 1863 manual detailed instructions for surgeons in the medical procedures to enlist soldiers into the United States Army.
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Union surgeon John Brinton’s medical service during the Civil War influenced the study of medicine in the United States for years to come.
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The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.
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Discover the unique and crucial role parasites played in the life and death of Civil War soldiers.
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Discover how the actions of Confederate surgeon Hunter Holmes McGuire changed the coarse of American military medicine forever.
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The innovator who first utilized ether as an anesthetic more 15 years earlier, brought his techniques personally to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
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