The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine

Alcohol, Abuse of

Alcohol, Medicinal Uses of

Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888)

Alternative Medicines

Ambulance Corps

Ambulance Trains

Ambulances

Amputation

Andersonville Prison

Anesthesia

Antietam, Battle of (1862)

Antiseptics and Disinfectants

Army Medical Museum

Artificial Limbs

Association of Army and Navy Surgeons of the Confederate States

Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy

Autenrieth Medicine Wagon

Bandages

Barnes, Joseph K. (1817–1883)

Barton, Clara (1821–1912)

Bean, James Baxter (1834–1870)

Beers, Fannie A. (1840?–FL. 1888)

Bellows, Henry Whitney (1814–1882)

Bickerdyke, Mary Ann Ball (“Mother”) (1817–1901)

Blacks, as Hospital Workers

Blacks, Health of

Blockade

“Blue Mass”

Brinton, John Hill (1832–1907)

Bronchitis

Bull Run (Manassas), First Battle of (1861)

Bull Run (Manassas), Second Battle of (1862)

Calomel

Camp Fever

Camp Itch

Catarrh

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828–1914)

Chaplains

Chickamauga, Battle of (1863)

Chimborazo Hospital

Chisolm, John Julian (1830–1903)

Chloroform

Christian Commission

Commissary Department

Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal

Consumption

Contract Surgeons

Convalescents

Cooks

Crimean War

Cumming, Kate (CA. 1827–1909)

Cupping and Blistering

Davis, Jefferson (1808–1889)

Death, Attitudes Toward

Death Rates

Debilitas

Deleon, David Camden (CA. 1818–1872)

Dentistry

Diarrhea and Dysentery

Diet, of Hospital Patients

Diet, of Troops

Disinfectants

Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802–1887)

Dysentery

Education, Medical

Elmira Prison

Embalming

Erysipelas

Ether

Ewell, Richard Stoddert (1817–1872)

Examining Boards, Medical

Excision

Eye Ailments

Fevers

Finley, Clement Alexander (1797–1879)

Flewellen, Edward Archelaus (1819–1910)

Foard, Andrew Jackson (CA. 1829–1868)

Formento, Felix (1837–1907)

Fredericksburg, Battle of (1862)

Gangrene, Hospital

Gettysburg, Battle of (1863)

Guild, Lafayette (1825–1870)

Gunshot Wounds

Gunshot Wounds, Treatment of

Hammond, William Alexander (1828–1900)

Hardtack

Hawks, Esther Hill (1833–1906)

Heart Disease

Hermetic Sealing of Wounds

Historiography, Medical

Hoge, Jane Currie Blaikie (1811–1890)

Hood, John Bell (1831–1879)

Hopkins, Juliet Ann Opie (1818–1890)

Hospital Buildings

Hospital Fund

Hospital Paperwork

Hospital Relocations

Hospital Ships

Hospital Support Staff

Hospital Trains

Hospitals, Antebellum

Hospitals, Attitudes Toward

Hospitals, Convalescent

Hospitals, Depot

Hospitals, Division

Hospitals, Field

Hospitals, General

Hospitals, Mobilization of

Hospitals, Officers'

Hospitals, Pavilion

Hospitals, “Pest” (Smallpox)

Hospitals, Pre-Civil War

Hospitals, Receiving and Distributing

Hospitals, Regimental

Hospitals, Wayside

Infections, of Wounds

Insanity

Inspectors, Medical

Intermittent Fevers

Invalid Corps

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”) (1824–1863)

Johnston, Albert Sidney (1803–1862)

Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807–1891)

Jones, Joseph (1833–1896)

Laboratories, Medical

Latrines

Laudanum

Laundresses

Lawson, Thomas (1789–1861)

Leale, Charles Augustus (1842–1932)

Letterman, Jonathan (1824–1872)

Lice

Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865)

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1820–1905)

Maggots

Malaria

Malingerers

Malnutrition

Materia Medica

Matrons

Mccaw, James Brown (1823–1906)

Mcguire, Hunter Holmes (1835–1900)

Measles

The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion

Medical Cadets

Medical Department, Organization of

Medical Directors, Field

Medical Directors, of Hospitals

Medical Importance of the Civil War

Medical Inspectors

Medical Officers

Medical Purveyors

Medical Sects

Medication, Administration of

Miasms

MiniÉ Balls

Mitchell, Silas Weir (1829–1914)

Moore, Samuel Preston (1813–1889)

Morphine

Mortality, of Soldiers

Mortality, of Surgeons

Mosquitoes

Mudd, Samuel Alexander (1833–1883)

Musicians, as Medical Assistants

Negligence, by Medical Staff

Newsom (Trader), Ella King (Ca. 1833–1919)

Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910)

Nostalgia

Nuns

Nurses

Nutrition

Officer of the Day

Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822–1903)

Opiate Use and Addiction

P.a.c.s.

Pain Management

Pember, Phoebe Yates Levy (1823–1913)

Peninsula Campaign (1862)

Phthisis

Pneumonia

Porcher, Francis Peyre (1825–1895)

Post Surgeon

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Prisoners of War

Prostheses

Quartermasters

Quinine

Quintard, Charles Todd (1824–1898)

Record Keeping

Red Rover

Remittent Fever

Resection

Reserve Surgical Corps

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests

Rheumatism

Richmond, Virginia

Sanitary Commission

Sanitary Fairs

Sanitation

Scurvy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Shiloh, Battle of (1862)

Sick Call

Sickles, Daniel Edgar (1819–1914)

Sinks

Sisters of Charity

Slaves, Health of

Smallpox

Smallpox Vaccinations

Southern Practitioner

Splints

Stewards, Hospital

Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth (1822–1903)

Stretchers

Strong, George Templeton (1820–1875)

Subsistence Department

Substitutes, for Supplies

Supply Table

Surgeon General

Surgeon in Charge

Surgeon of He Day

Surgeons

Surgeons, Acting Assistant (Contract)

Surgeons, Assistant

Surgeons, Brigade

Surgeons, Mortality of

Surgeons, Post

Surgeon's Call

Tartar Emetic

Tents, Hospital

Tetanus

Tompkins, Sally Louisa (1833–1916)

Tripler, Charles Stuart (1806–1866)

Tuberculosis

Turner's Lane Hospital

Typhoid Fever

Typhoid Pneumonia

Typhomalarial Fever

United States Christian Commission

United States Sanitary Commission

Uss Red Rover

Vaccination, Smallpox

Varioloid

Venereal Disease

Ventilation

Veteran Reserve Corps

V.s.

Vulnus Sclopeticum

Walker, Mary Edwards (1832–1919)

Ward Masters

Washington, DC

Wayside Hospitals

Western Sanitary Commission

Whiskey

Whitman, Walt (1819–1892)

Wittenmyer, Annie Turner (1827–1900)

Woman's Central Association of Relief

Women, as Doctors

Women, as Hospital Workers

Women's Hospital Auxiliaries and Relief Societies

Woodward, Joseph Janvier (1833–1884)

Woolsey Sisters