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Category Archives: Medicine
Report of first doctor to reach Abraham Lincoln after he was shot is found
The first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in a Washington theater rushed to his ceremonial box and found him paralyzed, comatose and leaning against his wife. Dr. Charles Leale ordered brandy and water to be … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Documents, Lincoln, Medicine, National Archives
Tagged 1865, 1867 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Abraham Lincoln, April, Associated Press, Blaine Houmes, Cedar Rapids, Charles Leale, Daniel Stowell, Ford's Theater, Helena Iles Papaioannou, Illinois, Iowa, John Wilkes Booth, National Archives, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, U.S. Surgeon General, Washington D.C.
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Exec. director of National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Md. is myth-buster, works on shows
STAN GOLDBERG The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. — Actress Ashley Judd learned the truth about her great-great-great-grandfather from George Wunderlich, executive director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick. She thought her ancestor had lost a leg as … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, American West, Andersonville, Ashley Judd, ballistics, banjo, Battlefield Detectives, BBC, Brooke Shields, Charles Goodnight, Civil War, France, Frederick, genealogy, George Wunderlich, Georgia, History Detectives, King Louis XIV, Maryland, Medicine, Mythbusters, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, NBC, New Mexico, Oliver Loving, PBS, Roy Underhill, Saltville, surgery, television, Terry Reimer, Texas, The Real Cowboys, The Real Lonesome Dove, The Woodwright's Shop, Union, Virginia, Who Do You Think You Are?
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Pa. museum displays Civil War-era medicine
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Nothing like the sight of a bone saw to cut the romance from your Civil War dreams. After all, the last full measure of devotion takes on a new shade of meaning when you imagine a … Continue reading
Smithsonian highlights role of Civil War nurses
Associated Press WASHINGTON — A diary kept by a Civil War nurse is the focus of a new display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. On Friday, the museum will begin telling the story of nurse Amanda Akin. … Continue reading
