2019年3月18日 · Among material donated by the American National Red Cross is a collection of Civil War–era surgeon's instruments used for amputations. The eight tools were made by George Tiemann & Co. and Henry Schively, both noted manufacturers of surgical instruments.

2018年3月20日 · The war freed 3 million slaves, but it also killed 620,000 or more people. The items reflect tools and equipment used to help save people from all sorts of injuries and sicknesses. Medical Practitioners used surgical procedures such as amputations, bloodletting, ligations, plastic operations, and the removal of foreign objects.

2015年8月26日 · Here you have an example of a Civil War era amputation and surgical kit. Included are a capital saw, a rongeur (used to cut bone), a tourniquet, two trephines (hole saws used to remove circles of tissue or bone), two knives, four pairs of tweezers, a director, a lancet, and a Hey’s saw (used for cranial resection.)

Surgeons on the battlefields were expected to supply their own tools. Their precious medical tool chests were filled with all manner of extractors and bone saws for the surgeries which would have been done in triage, usually without pain medicine.

A: Capital Saw: an instrument used to cut large bones. B: Artery Forceps (tweezers): used for holding tissue or arteries to prevent bleeding. C: Metacarpal Saw: an instrument used to cut small bones. This saw was stored underneath the capital saw in the case.

2016年9月5日 · During the Civil War, Anesthesia freed the doctor and opened the profession to those without nerves of steel. A bone saw is used to amputate and cut bones. Tourniquet is a belt that goes around the arm or leg and tightens to cut off blood flow for amputation.

Dr. Gordon Dammanns sought after 3 volume set is a valuable tool for civil war enthusiasts. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment Volume 2 shows a plethora of actual photos of the surgeons and their equipment. Sections in this book include: What Is It? Softcover, 96 pages.

Identification and examples of pre-1870 American surgical set instruments including Civil War instruments including multiple photos.

Civil War Era Surgical Sets, Surgeon's Swords & Images. Civil War Surgeon Education & Medical Text-books. Established 1995 As seen in: Military Images, American's Civil War Magazine, Warman's Civil War Collectibles, Antique Week, Northeast Antiques, and various Antiques & Collecting publications

McClellan appointed the first medical director of the army, surgeon Charles S. Tripler, on August 12, 1861. Tripler created plans to enlist regimental surgeons to travel with armies in the field, and the creation of general hospitals for the badly wounded to …