In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Worcester Historical Museum, the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Office of Medical History and Archives of the Lamar Soutter Library are hosting “Civil War Medicine,” a discussion led by Robert Hicks, PhD, director of the Mutter Museum. The discussion will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the library’s Rare Book Room.
The Civil War claimed almost two percent of the country’s population. Because of the massive casualties and disease, victims made huge demands on medical practice and ideology, stimulating the reorganization of hospital medicine. The major components of modern handling of trauma developed during the Civil War. Dr. Hicks will discuss the vital and largely unknown story of Civil War medicine by examining long-term, rehabilitative care afforded to soldiers at Turner’s Lane Hospital in Philadelphia.
Hicks will talk about how soldiers maintained their health, what happened when they were sick, and how they were cared for in hospitals.
