1863 Rare Antique Civil War Medical Book Signed by Hospital Steward Union Army

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1863 Rare Antique Civil War Medical Book Signed by Hospital Steward Union Army :
$1250.00

A Manual
of
Minor Surgeryby
John H. Packard
Published in 1863, J.B. Lippincott, PhiladelphiaAuthorized And Adopted By The Surgeon-General Of The United States Army For The Use of Surgeons In The Field And General Hospitals
8x 5.5inches.
Containing298 pages.
Finely embossed cloth covers.
Illustrated with fine medical engravings on wood.
Very good condition. Solid in every way.
Wear to spine ends.
Hinges strong and pages clean.Period inked signature of F.M. Chamberlain. Inscription reads:
F.M. Chamberlain
Acting Hospital Steward
of 18th U.S.C.T.
Chattanooga Ten.
July 28th 1865The U.S.C.T.designates that Mr. Chamberlain was attending to the needs ofUnited States Colored Troop soldiers. Packards manual on minor surgery is a very rare text. This particular manual is in nice condition and used in the War which makes this book a authentic Civil War medical collectible. Please enjoy the pictures and let me know if you have any questions.
Packard John Hooker 1832 1907 John Hooker Packard was born August 15 1832 at Philadelphia Pennsylvania a son of Frederick A and Elizabeth Dwight Hooker He graduated from the department of arts University of Pennsylvania in 1850 and in the same university from the department of medicine in 1853 He had for preceptor in medicine Joseph Leidy qv the eminent anatomist to whose teaching he undoubtedly owed his fondness for and skill in anatomical pursuits After graduation he went abroad and continued his medical studies in Paris In 1855 he was resident physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital for eighteen months He then began private practice and for many years was very active as a teacher especially in anatomy surgery and obstetrics As time went on however he limited his work almost entirely to the practice of surgery During the Civil War he was appointed acting assistant surgeon United States Army serving as attending surgeon to the Christian Street and the Satterlee United States Army General Hospitals in Philadelphia and as consultant to the Haddington Hospital and to the hospital at Beverley New Jersey During the progress of the battle of Gettysburg he received orders to report at the scene of action and although quite ill at the time from what subsequently developed into a very severe case of typhoid he obeyed at once For three days and nights he labored incessantly and then being unable to continue at work was sent back to Philadelphia suffering from a nearly fatal attack of the fever From 1863 to 1884 he was one of the visiting physicians to the Episcopal Hospital of Philadelphia in 1884 visiting surgeon to the Pennsylvania Hospital a position he held until his retirement from active work in 1896 He was also surgeon to St Joseph\'s Hospital of Philadelphia Dr Packard was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and vice president from 1885 1888 He was the first Mutter lecturer in that institution from 1864 1866 his lectures being on Inflammation He was of the founders of the Pathological and Societies of Philadelphia and twice president of each He was also one of the original members of the American Surgical Association Among his noticeable operations were two successful hip joint amputations and a successful ligation of the internal iliac artery In 1872 he published the first notice of the primary anesthesia from ether and in 1880 an article in the New York Medical Record of May 22 on the value of an oblique incision in the skin in lessening the disfigurement of scars that is still frequently referred to In 1886 in a paper read before the Medico Legal Society of New York he suggested the use of a lethal chamber for the infliction of the death penalty death to be caused by the abstraction of oxygen from the atmosphere and the introduction of carbonic acid gas Dr Packard was a profoundly religious man an Episcopalian Although he rarely talked upon religious subjects his belief was a vital part of his existence and colored all the important actions of his life He had very considerable artistic ability and much of his work was illustrated with his own pencil In 1896 he infected himself in the course of an operation Following the severe illness which ensued sued upon this accident he retired from all active medical work His culture geniality and sense of humor endeared him to many friends both contemporaries and also many of a much younger generation with all of whom he maintained pleasant social intercourse His literary work besides many contributions to current medical journals was as follows A translation of Malgaigne\'s Treatise on Fractures 1859 Handbook of Minor Surgery 1863 Lectures on Inflammation 1865 Handbook of Operative Surgery 1870 articles on Poisoned Wounds and on Fractures in Ashhurst\'s International Encyclopedia of Surgery 1883 and on Fractures and Dislocations in Keating\'s Cyclopedia of the Diseases of Children 1889 He also published three editions of the Philadelphia Medical Directory in 1868 1871 and 1873 In 1881 Dr Packard edited the American edition of Holmes\'s System of Surgery A handsome oil painting of Dr Packard was presented by the Ex residents Association of the Pennsylvania Hospital to that institution and now hangs in the hall Francis R Packard
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