Medical Book Civil War CIRCULAR 7 AMPUTATION War Department Surgeon General 1867

  
7, War Department, Surgeon General's Office, July 1, 1867 A Report on the Amputations at the Hip-Joint in Military Surgery. Publisher: US Govt Printing Office. Leather-bound Book With Original Lithographs. Object: 293 x 235 x 18 mm 11 9/16 x 9 1/4 x 11/16 in. In 1862 Surgeon General William Hammond proposed a medical history of the war to serve as a comprehensive reference work.

He founded the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine) to gather case histories, statistics, and specimens and to prepare illustrations. This volume was a preparatory study for the congressionally funded publication. National Museum of Health and Medicine. The item "Medical Book Civil War CIRCULAR 7 AMPUTATION War Department Surgeon General 1867" is in sale since Saturday, January 25, 2020.

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• Year Printed: 1867
• Topic: Amputation at Hip-Joint
• Binding: Hardcover
• Region: North America
• Author: George A Otis
• Subject: Medical
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Publisher: U.

  Government Printing Office

• Place of Publication: Washington DC
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition