condensed historical matter

Patient in a hot head pillow. - Public domain document scan

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umerus removed from right arm of John F. Claghorn, 214 Gold St. Brookl...

Illustration of suture near eyelid

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U.S. Sanitary Commission : Lodge 4, 389 H Street, Washington, D.C.

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Northern portion of Gettysburg, with General Hospital in the Distance,...

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Dr. Julius Nichols - Public domain portrait print

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Benj[ami]n F. Estes - Public domain dedication image

O.C. Bullard - Public domain dedication image

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Humerus bone - Public domain dedication image

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Wm. B. Bowles, Esq. [left profile]

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Map illustrating the operations of the U.S. Sanitary Commission

John W. Wilson : Chief Clerk. Chief of Hospital Directory and Secretar...

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Rear view of old frame house, orchard, and well, at Seven Pines. Over ...

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Illustration of human rib cage - Public domain dedication image

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R.M. Larned - Public domain document scan

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Benj[ami]n F. Estes - Public domain document scan

Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain document scan

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Dr. Geo. L. Andrew - Public domain document scan

Wm. Richards - Public domain document scan

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Dr. J. W. Page [seated] - Public domain document scan

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Clothed man stands facing camera, shortened right leg encased in brace...

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Graves of Union soldiers on Belle Isle, Richmond. April 8, 1865.

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Henry L. Boltwood : New Orleans

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Dr. Benj. Woodward - Public domain dedication image

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Orange Judd, Esq. [three-quarter length, seated]

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William F. Dubosq : Philadelphia : Asst. Storekeeper in Potomac Army f...

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Dr. J. W. Page [standing] - Public domain dedication image

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U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1307 Chestnut St., Phila[delphia], July 4, 1...

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The Theological Seminary, used as a hospital. The battle first commen...

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U.S. Sanitary Commission. Soldiers’ Home. [Cleveland, Ohio].

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Diagram illustrating the working organization of the United States San...

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Joseph C. Gage - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. J. W. Page [seated] - Public domain dedication image

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Wm. Richards - Public domain dedication image

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E.M. Barton : Field agent U.S.S.C. : Fifth Army Corps A[rmy] of P[otom...

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Jno. J. Culyer - Public domain document scan

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O.C. Bullard - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. Geo. A. Blake - Public domain document scan

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Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain document scan

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E.M. Barton : Field agent U.S.S.C. : Fifth Army Corps A[rmy] of P[otom...

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Harlow : [Washington]. - Public domain dedication image

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William F. Dubosq : Philadelphia : Asst. Storekeeper in Potomac Army f...

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Man stands against metal support, exhibiting injured right leg; his ar...

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Notice of an address by Rev. Dr. Bellows upon presentation of cheese t...

Pontoon bridge over Rappahannock, at Fredericksburg, May 20, ‘64.

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Quartermaster’s Department, Belle Plain, May 17, 1864.

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Rear view of old frame house, orchard, and well, at Seven Pines. Over ...

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Lifting a wounded or sick soldier.

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Trossel’s house : battlefield of Gettysburg.

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Richard Carpenter Jr. - Public domain dedication image

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Cap[tain] Isaac Harris - Public domain dedication image

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W. S. Bullard - Public domain dedication image

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Illustration of human rib cage - Public domain dedication image

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Cap[tain] Isaac Harris - Public domain dedication image

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A.N. Read

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Ambulance train. - back of stereoscopic card

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View at Savage Station. - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain dedication image

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H. Alex. Bischoff, Hospital Directory. U.S. San. Com., Louisville, Ky.

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Richard Carpenter Jr. - Public domain dedication image

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Seated man displays left arm in brace and shoulder harness, his hand r...

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Frank B. Fay : Chelsea, Mass. : Supt. A.X.C. San. Com. 1864

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U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1307 Chestnut St., Phila[delphia], July 4, 1...

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W. S. Bullard - Public domain document scan

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[The splint applied.] - Public domain document scan

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U.S. Sanitary Commission Lodge, location unknown.

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U.S. Sanitary Commission. Soldiers’ Home. [Cleveland, Ohio].

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Rosecrans & Sheridan. - Public domain dedication image

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Hospital, Washington - Public domain dedication image

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Ambulance train - Public domain dedication image

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Rear view of old frame house, orchard, and well, at Seven Pines. Over ...

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Henry C. Freeman - Public domain dedication image

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Straw huts erected on Smith’s farm, and used as a hospital after the b...

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Fortifications on the James - maniscript, NYPL public domain dedicatio...

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A.N. Read - Public domain dedication image

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Seated man, fully clothed, right profile

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U.S. Sanitary Commission Lodge, location unknown.

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John W. Wilson : Chief Clerk. Chief of Hospital Directory and Secretar...

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Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain dedication image

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H. Alex. Bischoff, Hospital Directory. U.S. San. Com., Louisville, Ky.

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E.M. Barton : Field agent U.S.S.C. : Fifth Army Corps A[rmy] of P[otom...

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Corrspondence - Hospital, Washington.. American Civil War

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Dr. J. W. Page [seated] - Public domain dedication image

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Seated man, fully clothed, right profile

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Lewis H. Steiner, M.D. : Chief Inspector (U.S.S.C.) Army of the Potoma...

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Geo. B. Page, R.A. [Relief Agent] U.S. San. Com. : Dept. N.C. [Departm...

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Quartermaster’s Department, Belle Plain, May 17, 1864.

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Dr. J. W. Page [standing] - Public domain dedication image

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Jno. J. Culyer - Public domain dedication image

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Orange Judd, Esq. [half-length, arms crossed]

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J. T. Pancoast - Public domain dedication image

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Orange Judd, Esq. [half-length, arms crossed]

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Illustration showing male head in right profile with exposed muscles a...

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