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Tag Archives: Dr. Jonathan Letterman
Civil War Medicine: Dr. Letterman’s System Evolves
Dr. Jonathan Letterman had devised, implemented and had gained success with a well-trained ambulance corps. Then he turned his attention to medical practices itself. Civil War Doctors and their Equipment By 1860s, medical practice in America had barely evolved since … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Civil War battlefield casualties, Civil War doctors, Civil War field hospitals, Civil War history, Civil War medical instruments, Civil War medical wagons, Civil War medicine, Civil War surgery, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Medical practices of the Civil War, Medical tools of the Civil War, The Civil War Ambulance Corps, The Father of Battlefield Medicine
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Dr. Jonathan Letterman and Civil War Medicine
Evacuating the wounded from the battlefield could take days at the start of the American Civil War. The Letterman System Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an army surgeon who came from a distinguished medical family. During the 1850s, he was … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "Father of Battlefield Medicine", Ambulance Corps, American Civil War, American history, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War ambulances, Civil War history, Civil war medical advances, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, history, Jonathan Letterman, Major Jonathan Letterman, medicine during the Civil War, The history of the Ambulance Corps, The Letterman System, US history
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