"Directions to army surgeons on the field of battle"

"Directions to army surgeons on the field of battle"

Amputation

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care

The Sanitary Commission printed these brief battlefield surgery instructions of the British Surgeon General from the Crimean War for use of Union surgeons during the Civil War. The passage displayed outlines the decisions taken in amputation cases.

Guthrie, G. J. (George James)

Washington, D.C., 1861

1861

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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (33.M.302).

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Cover of pamphlet.

English

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