John M Richards

On display: over 70 American-maker surgical sets; medical and surgical antiques; civilian and Civil War military surgical sets of the mid-1800's. This site contains 904 pages covering surgical instruments, Civil War medicine, surgeon swords and images, Hospital Department bottles, medical lecture cards, and medical textbooks. Civil War medical topics are explained using 9, 862 photos to aid identify and differentiate Civil War era surgical and medical tools and sets from earlier and later examples.