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 ...

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 ...