The Practice of Medicine During the Revolutionary War
This medical cabinet belonged to Doctor William Leddel, a resident of Jockey Hollow and the son-in-law of Henry Wick. Like most of his contemporaries, he trained to be a physician through an apprenticeship. Holding medicine and instruments, this cabinet would be carried by Doctor Leddel while visiting patients.
These Medical Saddle Bags were made of leather and wood in the late 18th Century. It was owned by Doctor Jubez Campfield, a Morristown resident. Campfield served as an Army surgeon in 1779. He used theses saddle bags to carry small bottles of medicine when he rode a horse to visit the sick
Bloodletting was the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. It was practiced during the American Revolutionary War. The cutting instrument was placed into the patient's vein and the blood was drawn into the bowel. The marks inside this bowl is an indication of how much blood had been taken from the patient.
Surgery to remove bullets was unbearably painful without anesthesia. In addition, the absence of antibiotics to treat infected wounds and the inability to repair shattered bones often made amputation necessary. Shown in this picture is a small surgical saw, a tenaculum which was used to pull an artery from a stump so that it could be tied to prevent further bleeding and forceps.
The Practice of Medicine During the Revolutionary War
This medical cabinet belonged to Doctor William Leddel, a resident of Jockey Hollow and the son-in-law of Henry Wick. Like most of his contemporaries, he trained to be a physician through an apprenticeship. Holding medicine and instruments, this cabinet would be carried by Doctor Leddel while visiting patients.
These Medical Saddle Bags were made of leather and wood in the late 18th Century. It was owned by Doctor Jubez Campfield, a Morristown resident. Campfield served as an Army surgeon in 1779. He used theses saddle bags to carry small bottles of medicine when he rode a horse to visit the sick
Bloodletting was the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. It was practiced during the American Revolutionary War. The cutting instrument was placed into the patient's vein and the blood was drawn into the bowel. The marks inside this bowl is an indication of how much blood had been taken from the patient.
Surgery to remove bullets was unbearably painful without anesthesia. In addition, the absence of antibiotics to treat infected wounds and the inability to repair shattered bones often made amputation necessary. Shown in this picture is a small surgical saw, a tenaculum which was used to pull an artery from a stump so that it could be tied to prevent further bleeding and forceps.