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....
Post-Civil War, post-1880 surgical instrument identification By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques If an amputation knife or bone saw has a metal handle, you can be 99.9% sure it is not...
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...