Surgeon’s Call
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Help us preserve some of the prosthetic limbs in our collection by supporting our “Arm and a Leg Campaign” Click Here to Give Today Robert G. Slawson, MD, FACR Originally published in 2017 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 22,…
Read More »Sienna Bronson Originally published in the 2017 Special Edition of the Surgeon’s Call Eliza Potter was born in Ireland to Scottish parents and had a strong early education.[i] She moved to America as an orphan when she was…
Read More »Emily Peikin Originally published in the 2017 Special Edition of the Surgeon’s Call Although Jules Golay is one of Clara Barton’s lesser-known associates, his contributions to her work were critical to her crusade to establish the American Red…
Read More »Robert Slawson, MD, FACR Originally published in the 2017 Special Edition of the Surgeon’s Call Benjamin Butler, a lawyer, politician, and general, was one of the most controversial men of the American Civil War. He worked as a…
Read More »Betsy Estilow Originally published in the 2017 Special Edition of the Surgeon’s Call In March 1854, Clara Barton moved to Washington, DC. It was a bold and fateful decision. Barton wrote soon after her arrival that she enjoyed…
Read More »Robert E. Lee’s Medical History in Context of Heart Disease, Medical Education and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century Richard A. Reinhart, MD, FACC, FACP Originally published in 2016 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 21, No. 2…
Read More »U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1, Frederick, Maryland Frederick C. Gaede Originally published in 2016 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 21, No. 2 Some time ago I was given the photographic print presented here (Figure 1). Attached to it…
Read More »Robert Slawson, MD, FACR Originally published in 2016 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 20, No. 2 In today’s world there is an interest in the origins of systems for handling casualties in battles and in civilian life. Little is…
Read More »How Clara Barton First Made Civilian Protection a Core Mission under International Humanitarian Law Michael H. Hoffman Originally published in 2015 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 20, No. 2 Clara Barton stands alone in one unique and vital…
Read More »Robert E. Lee’s Medical History in Context of Heart Disease, Medical Education and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century Richard A. Reinhart, MD, FACC, FACP Originally published in 2016 in the Surgeon’s Call, Volume 21, No. 1…
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