Fake Civil War Surgical Sets: due to misdirection, ignorance, or fraud By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Buying or even selling a "real" Civil War surgical set is difficult at best....
Buying a Civil War Surgery Set By: Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Every medical or Civil War collector I know wants to buy a 'real' Civil War surgical set. So, what do you have to do...
Civil War Post-Mortem Surgical Sets By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Post-mortem sets are used to dissect a human body or parts thereof after death or amputation. The purpose of this...
Pre and Post Civil War surgical case differences By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques One of the many, many ways to determine if the case of a surgical set is pre, during, or post Civil...
Instrument sets specified by the U.S. Army Medical Department during the Civil War for surgical sets and pocket kits By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques (The following are the personal...
Civil War Surgical Set Instrument Identification By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Shown below is a c.1864-65 military issue U.S. Army Hospital Department marked Hernstein capital...
Civil War 'contract' Surgeons: their role and surgery sets during the War By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques (The following are the personal edited research notes of Michael Echols,...
Shepard and Dudley DID NOT make amputation sets during or before the Civil War!!!! Unfortunately a well-known Civil War medical and surgical instrument book shows a photo of a fairly common post-1870 Shepard...
Buying a 'Real' Civil War Military Surgical Set By Dr. Michael Echols, (American Civil War Surgical Antiques website) Sept. 9, 2009 Objective: Many Civil War collectors want to buy a 'real' Civil War military...