Hammond’s creation of the Army Medical Museum and his directives for study ... and autopsying hundreds of thousands in the Civil War provided a basis for the emerging sciences.

Join us as we uncover the fascinating history of Civil War medicine and its lasting impact on modern treatments with visits to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the University of ...

Penn State Altoona’s history and nursing programs will host a trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on Saturday, April 12. Participants will tour the museum as well as historic field ...

We recently had a research request regarding women physicians and their role in the Civil War. At least two Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania graduates and one student provided medical care on ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast ... Because the new Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C., had requested battlefield donations, Sickles sent the limb to them in a box labeled “With the ...