Battlefield Medicine

Edward Hand is no stranger to the effects of war on the history of medicine. This section deals with the historical developments and stories through various wars, including the American Revolutionary War, Civil War, and WWI.

This black leather obstetrical surgery kit was likely produced between 1906 and 1922.

The Good Samaritan Reconsidered: The Revolutionary War Hospital at Ephrata Cloister

Michael S. Showalter

Lancaster County and Civil War Medicine: Civilian Physicians Turned Military Surgeons

Scott L. Mingus, Sr.

Tobias Hirte

Glenn B. Knight

Postscript of the previous article above of Scott Mingus, Sr.

Alan S. Peterson, M.D.

Drug Supplies in the American Revolution

George B. Griffenhagen

WWI Battlefield Medicine

Danielle Cicchiello

Jonathan Foltz

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 28 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

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