print email comment close Civil War Battlefield Medicine URL: http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/ Description: Information about battlefield medicine in "a time before the doctors even knew about bacteriology and were ignorant of what caused disease." Provides common Civil War medical terms, a look at Civil War dentistry, medical history for Civil War generals, details about surgery and amputations, and related documents. Includes a bibliography and statistics. From eHistory. Author: Goellnitz , Jenny Publisher: OSU Department of History Library of Congress Subject Headings: Medicine -- History Medicine, Military United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 LII Database Information: Record 2120 created by Sybil Finemel on 07/04/2004 Last modification on 05/19/2009 Published: 05/19/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2120