In retrospect, the surgeons in the Civil War did an outstanding job. As a result of the war, America gained hundreds of competent surgeons who would lay the foundations of modern surgical specialties.

In retrospect, the surgeons in the Civil War did an outstanding job. As a result of the war, America gained hundreds of competent surgeons who would lay the foundations of modern surgical specialties.

Civil War surgeons learned fast, and many of their MacGyver-like solutions have had a lasting impact. Here are five medical ...

During the [Civil] war she rendered great service to the Union army in the hospitals of the West ... which was the first step toward her investiture in men’s garments… Secretary Stanton had a ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact. With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname ...

Mary Edwards Walker was born in 1832 in Oswego, New York. In 1855 she received her M.D. from Syracuse Medical College. She was the only female surgeon to serve in the Civil War and was captured by ...

The Union's armed forces engaged some 12,000 surgeons during the Civil War. Of these, just fourteen were men of color. In this truly ground-breaking study, Newmark, independent historian and former ...

Bell justly spends a good amount of time on quinine, "the most potent weapon Civil War surgeons had in their fight against malaria." Derived from the bark of the South American cinchona tree, the ...