Were most of the soldiers photographed naked, to fully show their wounds, and when the photos were displayed back in the late 1870s, were they doctored to be covered with fig leaves painted on?
Not all soldiers were photographed naked. Those that had injuries to the thigh/buttocks area were photographed naked in order to show the extent of the injury and/or surgery. The leaves were painted on the negatives that were prepared for the 1876 Centennial Exposition- a decidedly public event, and one in which visitors might be offended by Civil War soldiers’ genitalia. TOP 65. Where can I purchase replicas of Civil War era medical tools such as an amputation knife, bleeding bowl, stethoscope, ear trumpet, inhaler, and hospital tray? If you go to www.civilwarmed.org, which is the web site for National Museum of Civil War Medicine, you can purchase reproductions of the items you are looking for. Once you are in the site, click on to Museum Shop, then Reproductions, then Medical Equipment. Although the National Museum of Health and Medicine does not sell reproductions of Civil War medical equipment, the museum’s gift shop sells a wide variety of health and medicine-related products, in
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