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Facebook Live – Civil War Medicine and the Body

October 15, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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COVID-19 and closures won’t stop us from sharing the incredible lessons we can learn from studying medical care during the Civil War!

Taking bodies from a cemetery to be used in the dissecting room- Civil War Medicine Museum

Taking bodies from a cemetery to be used in the dissecting room.

Join us on Thursday, October 15 at 2:00 PM on Facebook Live for a virtual program hosted by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. You can tune in live by visiting facebook.com/civilwarmed/live at the scheduled time.

Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will talk with Education Coordinator John Lustrea about how the Civil War forever changed how American’s viewed the human body, both dead and alive. Before the war death was supposed to happen in the home surrounded by loved ones. During the war countless Americans died gruesome and anonymous deaths far from home. Add to that shift the newfound importance of dissection for gaining medical knowledge and the 1860’s were an important decade for how people thought of bodies.

John Lustrea is the Education Coordinator and the Website Manager at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. He earned his Master’s degree in Public History from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Lustrea previously worked at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park during the summers of 2013-2016.

Like these programs? Consider supporting our efforts by becoming a member or donating to the Museum! Your efforts ensure that we can continue sharing the story of Civil War medicine in this crucial time. In history, we can find hope amid our struggle against COVID-19.

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Date:
October 15, 2020
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
FREE
Event Category:
Digital Program
Event Tags:
Body snatching, Civil War Medicine, Death, Facebook Live, John Lustrea, Kyle Dalton, The Body

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