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Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant.
Read More »A Civil War chaplain’s work was harrowing, improvised, and all too often underappreciated.
Read More »Military medical illustration came of age during the early 1860s with the outbreak of the Civil War.
Read More »After emancipation, what came next? Overcrowded and unsanitary, health conditions in contraband camps made freedpeople increasingly susceptible to smallpox.
Read More »Devotees of this controversial science believed that the shape of one’s skull reflected the form of the brain and therefore revealed inner character.
Read More »Over 95% of Civil War surgeries occurred under anesthesia.
Read More »See Mercy Street before it airs … with members of the cast and crew.
Read More »Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.
Read More »Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.
Read More »Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.
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