ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES
THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
1818-1865
by Mary C Gillett
CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
WASHINGTON D.C., 1987
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Gillett, Mary C.
The Army Medical Department, 1818-1865.
(Army historical series)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
Supt. of Docs. no.: D 114.19:M46/818-865
1. United States. Army Medical Dept.-History-19th century. 2. Medicine, Military-United States- History-19th century. I. Title. II. Series.
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ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES
David F. Trask, General Editor
Advisory Committee
(As of September 1986)
Dr. Charles P. Roland (Chairman) | Dr. Archer Jones |
Maj. Gen. Robert H. Buker | Maj. Gen. Carl H. McNair, Jr. |
Col. Robert A. Doughty | Dr. Jamie W. Moore |
Col. Louis D. F. Frasche | Dr. James O`Neill |
Dr. John H. Hatcher | Brig. Gen. Richard L. Reynard |
L. Eugene Hedberg | Donald W. Smythe, S.J. |
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Brig. Gen. William A. Stofft, Chief of Military History
Chief Historian David F. Trask
Chief, Histories Division Lt. Col. Richard O. Perry
Editor in Chief John W. Elsberg
Contents
Medicine
Surgery
Medical Education
Conclusion
2. LAYING THE FOUNDATION, 1818-1835
Organization and Administration
Surgeons in the Field
The Black Hawk War
Conclusion
3. INDIAN REMOVAL IN THE SOUTHEAST: THE SECOND SEMINOLE WAR
New leadership for the Medical Department
Removal of the Creeks
Character of the Second Seminole War
Assignment of Surgeons
Supply
General Hospitals
Care of the Sick and Wounded at a Temporary Fort
An Army Surgeon in the Field
Conclusion
4. LAWSON`S FIRST YEARS AS SURGEON GENERAL, 1836-1845
Administration in Washington
Problems of Surgeons in the Field
Conclusion
5. THE WAR WITH MEXICO: THE TAYLOR AND KEARNY CAMPAIGNS
Administration of the Medical Department
Surgeons in the Field
Conclusion
6. THE WAR WITH MEXICO: SCOTT`S CAMPAIGN
Preparing for Invasion
Establishing a Base: Vera Cruz
The Drive on Mexico City
After the Victory
Conclusion
7. LAWSON`S LAST YEARS, 1846-1861
Administration
The Work of the Army Surgeon as a Physician
Surgeons as Soldiers and Scientists
Conclusion
8. THE CIVIL WAR, 1861: MANY PROBLEMS, FEW SOLUTIONS
Administrative Problems of the Medical Department
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the East
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the West
Conclusion
9. THE CIVIL WAR IN 1862: LEARNING ON THE JOB
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the East
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the West
Conclusion
10. THE CIVIL WAR IN 1863: HAMMOND`S LAST YEAR
Administration of the Medical Department
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the East
Care of the Sick and Wounded in the West
Conclusion
11. THE CIVIL WAR IN 1864: THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Hammond`s Trial
Barnes` Administration
Medical Care of Forces in Virginia
Sherman`s Campaign in Georgia
Trans-Mississippi Campaign
Conclusion
Administration
Grant`s Campaign in Northern Virginia
Sherman`s Campaign
Prisoners of War
Conclusion
13. ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Disease
Infections and Wounds
Organization and Administration
Epilogue
Maps
1. The Frontier, 1818-1835
2. The Seminole War, 1835-1842
3. The Mexican War, Taylor`s Campaign,1846-1847
4. The Mexican War, Scott`s Campaign,1847
5. The Civil War, 1861-1865
6. The Civil War, Virginia
Illustrations
Ophthalmoscope
Advertisement for Achromatic Microscopes
Advertisement for Stethoscope
Circular Amputation
Flap Amputation
Wound Closure: Methods and Materials
William Beaumont
Beaumont`s Illustration of St. Martin`s Wound
Beaumont`s Illustration of St. Martin`s Wound
Joseph Lovell
Benjamin Waterhouse
Thomas Lawson
Nathan Jarvis
Eugene Abadie
Lyman Foot
William S. King
Benjamin King
Richard H. Coolidge
Thomas Mower
Madison Barracks Hospital
Samuel De Camp
Robert Murray
Richard Satterlee
John B. Porter
Charles H. Laub
Charles McCormick
Glover Perin
Roberts Bartholow
Bernard J.D. Irwin
George Suckley
Samuel Woodhouse
Samuel W. Crawford
Clement Alexander Finley
Finley Ambulance, Front View
Finley Ambulance, Side View
John Cuyler
Charles Tripler
Joseph J.B. Wright
John H. Brinton
William A. Hammond
Jonathan Letterman and Assistants
Thomas A. McParlin
James Simons
Henry Hewit
Eben Swift
Joseph Barnes
Tripler Ambulance
Ambulance Drill
General Sickles` Leg
General Hospital at Gettysburg
John Craven Operating
Former Slave
Edward Vollum
Madison Mills
Joseph J. Woodward
John Shaw Billings
John Brinton and Hospital Attendants
General Hospital for Army of the Potomac
General Hospital at Point of Rocks, Virginia
James T. Ghiselin
George Cooper
John Moore
Field Hospital Near Petersburg, Virginia
Meredith Clymer
Condition of Returnees From Southern Prisons
Union Army Prisoner of War Camp
Hospital and Prisoner of War Depot
Probe and Bullet Fragments From Lincoln`s Brain
Hospital Gangrene
Hospital Gangrene
William W. Keen
Mower General Hospital
Floor Plan of Mower General Hospital
Design for Ventilation of Hospital Stove
Rucker Ambulance
Kitchen and Dispensary Car for Hospital Train
U.S. Army Hospital Steamer, D. A. January
Lower Boiler Deck of D. A. January
Middle Deck of D. A. January
Upper Deck of D. A. January
Cabin Deck of D. A. January
