CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (Part the Second)

Union soldiers practice loading injured men into an ambulance.

In which we continue our discussion of medical issues affecting Civil War soldiers.  In this episode, we look at what happened to a soldier after he was wounded on the battlefield.

Our book recommendation for this episode is actually an article in the January 2009 issue of America’s Civil War. That article is titled “Life Is Better Than Limb” and posits that wartime amputations, while extreme, saved thousands of lives and helped spur the development of modern prosthetics.

Listen to Episode 62: CivilWarMedicinePartSecond

CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (Part the First)

In which we look at some medical aspects of the Civil War. In this episode, we focus on diseases, which killed many many more Civil War soldiers than did wounds.

Our book recommendation for this episode is The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein.

“Disease and medical practices during the American Civil War have been the subject of important scholarship in recent years.  This encyclopedia is an invaluable reference work for consultation by those who are interested in these questions.  Clear, concise, accurate, its entries are readily accessible to the lay reader. I wish it had been available when I wrote my books on the war.” ~ James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom

Listen to Episode 61: CivilWarMedicinePartFirst