Civil War surgeons learned ... It took Jonathan Letterman, the medical director of the Army of the Potomac, just six weeks to implement a brilliant system to evacuate and care for the wounded ...

These better trained physicians often headed medical schools, and in the Civil War were in the Sanitary Commission and Surgeon General’s office. Most doctors practicing medicine did not have the ...

We recently had a research request regarding women physicians and their role in the Civil War. At least two Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania graduates and one student provided medical care on ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II ... with emotion," said Bette Horstman, a World War II Army veteran who served as a medical officer on Midway Island and other parts of the Pacific ...

These better trained physicians often headed medical schools, and in the Civil War were in the Sanitary Commission and Surgeon General’s office. Most doctors practicing medicine did not have the ...