What is the “Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion” and why is it important?
It is a compilation of information gathered by the Army Medical Museum (the original name of the National Museum of Health and Medicine) documenting illness and traumatic injuries suffered by the Union soldiers during the Civil War. It contains case histories on nearly all the current 2,000 skeletal and fluid-preserved specimens in the museum’s anatomical collections. One volume of the original six-volume set, published by the Government Printing Office, is on display in the museum. Copies of the original may be found at rare book dealers. The original has been reprinted as a 15-volume set with a new three-volume index called the “The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War” by Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1907 Buena Vista Circle, Wilmington, NC 28411-7892. 910-686-4816. www.broadfootpublishing.com. TOP 62. Was every wounded or killed soldier given a case number, photographed, and documented in the “Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion” or were only a certain num
