Dr. Saleeby's Medical Antique Collection: "Surgery & Medicine during the Am. Civil War"

Surgery and Medicine during the Am. Civil War

Lecture by Yusuf Saleeby, MD

2011

Thursday April 7th, 2011 6:30PM
Horry County Library, Conway Branch
801 Main Street, Conway, SC

May 26th, 2011 12:00PM
Senior Circle, Bennettsville, SC

2012

Society of Civil War Surgeons

19^th Annual National Conference

WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
March 23rd , 24th , & 25^th , 2012

Dr. Saleeby to lecture on

Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire: Great Surgeon of the 20th Century

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Surgery and Medical Advances during the Civil War

November 3, 2012 9-4PM

duPont Library at Stratford Hall, Stratford Virginia

8:30-9:00 Prelude music

9:00-9:10 Keynote: George Wunderlich, Director National Medical Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick Md.

9:10-9:50 Surgery & Medicine during the American Civil War J.P. Saleeby, M.D.

The lecture will cover aspects of Federal and Confederate medical resources at the start, during and towards the end of the war, surgical techniques and advancements from 1860-1865. There will be discussion on pharmaceuticals and herbals used, the types of medical conditions treated, the development of the ambulance service, trauma surgery triage and modernization of hospitals. Statistics on the type of wounds and prognosis of recovery and mortality will be discussed. Additionally, a few luminaries in battlefield medicine will be highlighted such as Dr. Letterman (USA) and Dr. Moore (CSA) and other, and their contributions to American medicine and surgery. There will be a brief discussion on hospital trains, artificial limbs and the development of nursing care in the era.

other lectures to follow.