Chisolm, J. Julian (1830-1903) A manual of military surgery, for the use of surgeons in the Confederate States Army: with explanatory plates of all useful operations
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.47 Author/Creator: Chisolm, J. Julian (1830-1903) Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : xxiii, 529 p. , 26 p. of plates : ill. ; 19 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Written by Chisolm as Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of South Carolina and as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. He was considered the foremost surgeon in the Confederate states, and this book was the mostly widely used surgical manual used by the Confederate Army. Published by Evans and Cogswell. Third edition copy "carefully revised and improved." Only three editions were published. Dedicated to Confederate Surgeon General Samuel Preston Moore. Includes prefaces for the first and third editions. Inscribed in pencil on first page by "R. Nalle, Amelia, Va." Index at front of book lists the hundreds of problems the book provides information on, including gunshot wounds, sabre wounds, and amputations. Text accompanied by fairly graphic and gruesome lithographic plates of amputations, excisions, etc. Original bead cloth cover.
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