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History Day Previous Topics

Archived collection of previously suggested History Day resources by topic. Links not maintained.

Civil War Medicine

Civil War Medicines

Kris Abery has a list of resources.

CivilWarMedicine

Books, Documents, etc.

These are only a few example

The Army Medical Department, 1818-1865 by Gillett, Mary C. CSl Catalog: "Discusses the medical activities in the U.S. Army from the inception of the modern Army Medical Department through the Civil War, with emphasis both on medical service in the far West and on clinical, scientific, and organizational advances."
Call Number: Federal Documents D 114.19:M 46/818-865 and online
Publication Date: 1987
The Army Medical Department, 1865-1917 by Gillett, Mary C. ; Center of Military History.
Call Number: Federal Documents D 114.19:M 46/865-917 and online
Publication Date: 1995

Online

Aid for the sick and wounded of the Army and Navy
Online through the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Amputation and Infection during the Civil War

Amputation and Infection during the Civil War

Kris Abery has a list of resources.

Amputation

Books, Documents, etc.

Connecticut Physicians in the Civil War by Weld, Stanley B.
Call Number: online and Conn Doc C489 w
Publication Date: 1965
Online access through our library catalog.
Report of a committee appointed by the Sanitary Commission to prepare a paper on the value of vaccination in armies by United States Sanitary Commission
Call Number: Special Collections E631 .A46 1861
Publication Date: 1861
It is recommended to contact the library before visiting, as this item is in a restricted access collection.

Online

Report of a committee of the associate medical members of the Sanitary Commission, on the subject of pneumonia
Online document from the National Library of Medicine.
Resolutions passed by Sanitary Committee in session, Monday, July 29, and ordered to be sent to the President, heads of the departments, and to both Houses of Congress
National Library of Medicine (NLM) has the documents online
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
Letter to Pres. Lincoln from the United States Sanitary Commission
To the President of the United States
Number 43. United States Sanitary Commission. Letter to President Lincoln
The attention of the Sanitary Commission has been, for several months past, directed to the subject of a timely provision for the soldiers disabled in the war, after peace shall be restored
Sanitary Commission ; no. 49. From National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Sanitary Commission, Washington, D.C., December [blank], 1861: The Sanitary Commission take this method, in addition to the means already used, to remind you of the fact that there are various supplies in the hands of the commission to be applied to the b
From National Library of Medicine (NLM) digital collections. Image of letter from United States Sanitary Commission
Report of a committee of the associate members of the Sanitary Commission on dysentery

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