1862 Civil War Gunshot Surgery Bandaging & Operations

1862 Civil War Gunshot Surgery Bandaging & Operations Sargent

Sargent’s ‘On bandaging and other operations of minor surgery’ is a practical field guide to surgical and medical practices in the Civil War. Sargent’s book includes:

Instruments

Surgical Dressings and their rules

Water

The Douche

Bandages and their application

Fractures and setting them

Dislocations

Bloodletting

Phlebotomy

Arteriotemy

Counter Irritations

Arresting Hemmorage

Catheters

Injections

Pain Relief

Gunshot Wounds

And more!

This rare 1862 Civil War edition includes 187 black and white illustrations throughout as well as an additional chapter by W. F. Atlee on military surgery, specifically gunshot wounds, added in 1862.

Item number: #8660

Price: $499

SARGENT, F. W.

On bandaging and other operations of minor surgery

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xxiv, 383, [1]

187 in-text illustrations

References: Rutkow, ‘The History of Surgery in the United States,’ GS25 (citing 1st ed., 1848).

Provenance: Bookplate

Maine Insane Hospital. Col. Black’s Library.

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.