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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

A manual of military surgery, prepared for the use of the Confederate States Army by order of the Surgeon-General [Samuel P. Moore].

Publication Details

Richmond, VA: Ayres & Wade, Illustrated News Steam Presses, 1863 CE.

". . . confined to those affections most intimately connected with gun-shot wounds and operations, as Shock, Tetanus, Hospital Gangrene, Pyaemia, &c." (from the preface). This is the only extensively illustrated Confederate surgical manual. Digital facsimile from Jefferson Digital Commons, Thomas Jefferson University, at this link.

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Entry Number#7736
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External URLa-manual-of-military-surgery-prepared-for-the-use-of-the-confederate-states-army-richmond-1863

Geographic Context

Publication place: Richmond, VA

Mentioned in annotation: Jefferson, NC