The Civil War Field Surgeon's Instruments
Seen at a U.S. Civil War reenactment last autumn
According to "The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles," Union surgeons during the war "were issued all-purpose surgical sets outfitted for an array of battlefield injuries. Along with amputation instruments, these typically included trephines, retractors, bullet extractors, razors, forceps, along with lancets, tourniquets, tweezers, bone gougers, hooks, probes, scalpels, surgical razors, suturing needles, and wedge-shaped Hey's Saws, useful in skull surgery."
The Civil War Field Surgeon's Instruments
Seen at a U.S. Civil War reenactment last autumn
According to "The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles," Union surgeons during the war "were issued all-purpose surgical sets outfitted for an array of battlefield injuries. Along with amputation instruments, these typically included trephines, retractors, bullet extractors, razors, forceps, along with lancets, tourniquets, tweezers, bone gougers, hooks, probes, scalpels, surgical razors, suturing needles, and wedge-shaped Hey's Saws, useful in skull surgery."