Civil War Medicine
Hello all, I was just wondering if anyone on here knew anything about how they treated solidiers during the Civil War for various diseases and sicknesses they may have gotten. Also interested in how they treated the various battle wounds recived such as gunshot, shrapnel, etc. This is reasearch for a book I'm writing. Thanks for your help. You may also email me.
I can't believe I'm reading this.
Chris Suppelsa
If you're stateside, you may wish to check with your local library and see if they can get you a copy of 'Civil War Medicine - Challenges and Triumphs' by Alfred Jay Bollet, M.D., published in 2002 by Galen Press. As long as you have internet access, you could check out:
http://www.civilwarmed.org/index.cfm
which is the website for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
Best of luck with your project!
Best Regards,
Linda Sanson
Start believing it, Chris.
Still puzzles me - why is it called "Civil War Medicine?" What's wrong with the term "nineteenth century medicine?"
Noah Briggs
Atlantic Guard Soldiers Aid Society
Society of Civil War Surgeons
Thinking is good. Finding out is even better.
Mark Twain
"Please excuse the surgeon from duty. He has explosive diarrhea."
The Hospital Steward
Comrade,Originally Posted by drummerboyMarine
Since this is for a commercial project, you may contact me offline if you wish. My rates for research begin at $50.00/hour, with a three-hour minimum billing. Any materials profided must be properly cited in the text, and credit(s) given in the forward.
Honestly, how little do you think of the folks here that you would troll around looking for research for free? Many here have spent years developing their research, spending unknown hours delving through old tomes and contemporary articles, collections and manuscripts to draw back the curtain of ignorance and reveal the reality of 19th century medical practices.
To come onto this board, or any other such board and ask to simply be given the fruit of that work is beyond insulting. It becomes even more so when you seek the work of others for your own gain.
Tim Kindred
Medical Mess
I don't mean to insult.
To the people who have responded to this thread, I don't mean to be insulting or look like I'm trying to take reaseach as my own or anything of the sort. I only ask what you know. I have conducted appox. 3 years of both reseach and writing for this project already. All resources are documented properly. All people who have helped me will go in my aknowledgements. This site itself will also be documented in my aknowledgements as well. Again I am only asking for your help. Thank You, drummerboyMarine.
Have you tried using the SEARCH function??????????????....located in the beautiful light blue bar underneath your users name.
If you do a little research here in the Medical Threads, you'd be surprised what you would pull up! Heck, it might even answer your questions.
Telling us who you are, giving us some background, describing your research and letting us know where you're going with it might help too.
Three years' worth of research and you haven't figured out what you need to do to get people to want to help you...
(Added after Micah's suggestion below, thanks!):
Last edited by Frenchie; 09-09-2007 at 03:37 PM.
Yours, &c.,
Guy N. 'Frenchie' LaFrance
National Congress of Old West Shootists, Grand Army of the Frontier
Vous pouvez voir par mes vêtements que je ne suis pas un cowboy.
Frenchie,
Would been an excellent time to place the icon with the figure banging its head on the computer keyboard!
Why Is Everyone being so Rude to this guy?This is the type of BS you see over at the AC forum.
David Meister
Surgeon C.S.A.
1st Assistant Surgeon 108th Regt. Ills. Vols.
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