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    American Civil War – Kindness of Strangers, The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and The Cooper Shop Hospital, Philadelphia

    October 13, 2011

    Amidst all the disease, suffering and death that occurred during the American Civil War, I was heartened to come across an extraordinary act …

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    American Civil War Medicine Part 6. Female Surgeons – Defiance in the Face of Adversity.

    October 5, 2011

    ‘A few words upon a very important aspect of this question – the right of women to compete with men …

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    American Civil War Medicine – Part 5 – The Scourge of “Yellow Jack”

    October 5, 2011

    ‘The Federal army may soon have to contend with a more deadly foe than the Southerners.  The yellow fever season …

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    American Civil War Medicine – Part 4 – Malaria

    October 4, 2011

    Between 1861 and 1866 over 1 million Union soldiers  were diagnosed with malaria.  Malaria is a parasite transmitted by the Anopheles …

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    American Civil War Medicine – Part 3 – Minié Ball Injuries

    September 29, 2011

    The standard Civil War issue rifle, was the Springfield Model 1861, a musket shoulder arm that used the percussion lock …

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    American Civil War Medicine – Part 2 – Amputations and Plaster Splints

    August 20, 2011

     ******WARNING ABOUT TEXT IN THIS POSTING******** This posting contains some detailed descriptions of medical procedures that a few of my regular …

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    American Civil War Medicine – Part 1 – Field Medicine

    August 19, 2011

    ‘The Northern men are not only of stronger bone and muscle than the men of the South, but a very …

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