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.

During the [Civil] war she rendered great service to the Union army in the ... in men’s garments… Secretary Stanton had a commission issued to her as major and surgeon of the army. Of course the ...

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

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 Confederate soldiers in April of 1864. She was held prisoner ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.