Civil War
Medicine
By: Haily Kranwinkel & Liam Hollahan
BATTLE OF SAVAGE STATION HOSPITAL
The Civil War Field Hospital at the Battle of Savage Station
MEDICAL KIT
A medical kit during the Civil War, with scissors, gauze and needles
AMPUTATION
The Gruesome Reality of Amputations in the American Civil War: Civil War
CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL
Wounded soldiers recover in a Civil War hospital in the early 1860s
PROSTHETIC ARM
For those who could afford it this was an option
TENT FLAP
A still-intact tent flap used by Barton to protect her medical supplies
CIVIL WAR PAINTING
painting of a US Civil War soldier, wounded by a MiniƩ ball, lies in bed with a gangrenous amputated arm.
MEDICINE
Complete Civil War Era Doctor Medicine Case w/ Opium
HOSPITAL ROOM
A civil war hospital room
MEDICINE BOTTLES
Early opiate based medicines. They were an essential part of the Civil War doctor's kit
POSTER
an early civil war poster recruiting nurses
AMPUTATED FEET
It is estimated that after a major battle, each team would perform an amputation every 15 minutes and often