George Worthington Adams. Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War. New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. Popular treatment of Civil War medicine in the North. Includes appendices, essay on sources, and index.
Susan Provost Beller. Medical Practices in the Civil War. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1992. Brief history (87 pages) directed toward young readers. Includes excellent photographs.
Bradley P. Bengston and Julian E. Kuz, editors. Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries. Grand Rapids: Medical Staff Press, 1996. Reprinting of the National Museum of Health and Medicine's 400 Surgical Photographs, published in 1871-1881 as Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens taken at the Army Medical Museum. The photos show wounded Civil War soldiers, Civil War medical specimens, and a few other patients and specimens of the 1860s and 1870s.
Patrick Craddock. Unity of Purpose: An Exhibit of Civil War Medicine North and South. Franklin, TN: The Carter House, 1993. Exhibit catalog (27 pages) comparing medicine in the Union and Confederate armies.
H.H Cunningham. Doctors in Grey: The Confederate Medical Service. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1970. Originally published in 1958. Counterpart to Adams's work on the Union army. Includes appendices, essay on sources, and index.
Gordon Dammann. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment. Vols. I and II. Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1983, 1988. Collection of well-captioned photographs accompanied by brief text on Civil War medicine. In addition to instruments and epuipment, photos show surgeons, patients, hospitals, and uniforms.
Robert E. Denney. Civil War Medicine: Care & Comfort of the Wounded. New York: STerling Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. Chronological account of medical services on both sides; most of the text is excerpted from diaries and letters.
Louis C. Duncan. The Medical Department of the United States Army in the Civil War. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1987. Reprint. Written in the early 20th century. Focuses on evacuation and treatment of battle casualties.
Frank R. Freemon. Microbes and Minie Balls: An Annotated Bibliography of Civil War Medicine. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1993. Lists primary and secondary sources arranged by author, with descriptions of each work. Includes index.
Mary C. Gillett. The Army Medical Department, 1818-1865. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center for Military History, 1987. Detailed account of the development of the medical department and military medicine in the 19th century. About half of the book covers the Civil War. Includes bibliography and index.
Robert S. Henry. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Its First Century, 1862-1962. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, 1964. Describes the Army Medical Museum's origin and involvement in the Civil War, as well as the later history of the Museum and the AFIP. Includes index.
Medicine of the Civil War: An Exhibit at the National Library of Medicine. Washington, D.C: US Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1974. Exhibit brochure (8 pages) giving a brief overview of medicine during the Civil War.
United States Army Surgeon General's Office. The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1990. 15 volumes. Originally published by the Army Medical Museum as The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion between 1870 and 1888. Based on specimens and information gathered by the Museum during the Civil War. The modern edition has an index, not present in the original, with entries arranged by state and unit as well as name and subject.
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