Dr. Michael Echols

American Civil War Surgical Antiques

Research and Identification

Surgical Sets from 1820 to 1880 - Civilian and Military

Civil War Era Surgical Sets, Surgeon's Swords & Images

Civil War Surgeon Education & Medical Text-books

Established 1995

As seen in: Military Images, American's Civil War Magazine, Warman's Civil War Collectibles,

Antique Week, Northeast Antiques, and various Antiques & Collecting publications

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Hernstein & Son, Civil War military U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. three tier surgical set

Hernstein, U.S. Army Hosp. Dept. Surgical Set

Original U.S. Army Hosp. Dept. issue

This Civil War Medical website contains 970 pages covering Civil War: surgical instruments, medicine, surgeon images, Hospital Department bottles, medical lecture cards, medical textbooks, education, and...medical antiques.
Civil War medicine topics are explained using 10,088 photos to help identify and differentiate 'real' Civil War era surgical and medical instruments from earlier and later examples.
Both pre- and post-Civil War civilian and military surgery sets are on display for comparison to those actually produced during the Civil War for the Union Army Medical and Hospital Dept.
Pre-1865 Medical textbooks and pre-1870 medical college lecture card collections are part of a research project on the education and educators of Civil War surgeons as well as the medical and surgical textbooks they wrote and used. Research is being done on areas of Civil War medicine, medical equipment, and various topics related to the Union Army medical and hospital departments as well as the recruitment of surgeons during the War.
Current information and research...knowledge you can use to make safe and valuable ownership decisions.