Medical care -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients
Collection
Identifier: P-AH
Overview
The Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients is a small collection of seven photographs, dating between 1861 and 1865, and including tumors, fractures, and amputations.Addinell Hewson was born in 1828 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He was a resident of Pennsylvania Hospital, and later opened his own practice. Hewson also served as assistant surgeon to the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, surgeon to...
Dates:
1861-1865
Historical Medical Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: HMP
Scope and Contents
Since photography was invented in the mid-19th century, it has been used for medical purposes. The collection contains more than 4,000 photographs and showcases a variety of patients with diseases, injuries, and malformations, such as Civil War amputations, conjoined twins, and birth defects.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Dates:
1865-1974, undated
John Hill Brinton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/269
Scope and Contents
The papers of John H. Brinton, spanning 1853 to 1896, consist
of a ledger, patient visiting lists, general business papers,
and a letterbook. These papers span more than forty years of
Brinton's medical career; especially well documented in the
collection are Brinton's years as a Civil War surgeon and Superintendent
and Director of General Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee. Series 1 contains a ledger from Brinton's early practice. The
ledger, spanning 1853 to 1859, contains...
Dates:
1853 - 1896
United States Colored Infantry, 28th Regiment of Company G muster roll
Item
Identifier: MSS 1/005-01
Overview
One volume. Muster roll ledger recording details of Company G of the 28th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. This ledger records the physical descriptions, entry and discharge dates, and details of the deaths of those who succumbed to enemy action or illness. Also of note are interesting manuscript medical treatments for cholera, whooping cough, etc.
Dates:
1863-1865
William H. Bartoll diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/200
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1864 Jan. 1-June 27, of William H. Bartoll, describing his experiences as surgeon’s steward aboard the "Nahant", a Union ironclad monitor, stationed at Charleston Bay during the Civil War. Includes recipes and cash accounts as steward. Bartoll describes the general conditions and daily life aboard an ironclad with references to his medical work, including dispensing drugs and tending wounded; descriptions of military skirmishes; and impressions of the progress of the war. Diary also...
Dates:
1864
William M. Coffin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/297
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters, claim forms, affidavits, memoranda,
and other documents, 1880-1911, concerning William M. Coffin's
military pension and medical disabilities from his service in
the Civil War. The papers describe Coffin's state of health
and war related disabilities as well as his experiences with
medical care and treatments during and after the war. Coffin
suffered from typhoid fever, gunshot wounds, hemorrhoids, chronic diarrhea,
and rheumatism.
Dates:
1880 - 1911
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