December 2017 ~ Civil War Rx

The U.S.S. Red Rover, a captured Confederate vessel, was refitted as a hospital ship.

The evolution of the nursing profession in America was accelerated by the Civil War.

Amputations were the most common surgery performed during the Civil War.

Surgeon-General William Hammond established The Army Medical Museum in 1862. It was the first federal medical research facility.

Many Civil War surgical instruments had handles of bone, wood or ivory. They were never sterilized.

Civil War Rx