These collection items come from or discuss medical advancements and treatments during the Civil War period and how this created changes in medical knowledge.
Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science 1st Edition (2014) by Shauna Devine
Discusses how the Civil War and the wounded it produced helped Civil War Era Union surgeons advance American medical knowledge and treatments.
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment, Vol. 1, 2, and 3 by Gordon Dammann (1983, 1988, and 1998)
Contains images identifying Civil War era medical equipment .
Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service 2nd prt. Edition by H. H. Cunningham (2012 reprint of 1958 work)
Gives a history of the Confederate Army’s medical system and struggles.
Hospital Days: Reminiscence of a Civil War Nurse by Jane Stuart Woolsey (2001 edited reprint of 1895 text)
A memoir written by Woolsey about her work as a Civil War nurse.
Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War 1st Edition by Mary Gardner Holland (2002 reprint of 1895 text)
Primary source of information collected from multiple Union nurses of the Civil War
Medical History Collection 