Civil War Medicine

[JohnW.]

Hey peeps...check this out...looks pretty cool

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Very good!

 

[JohnW.]

I know...pretty good huh?????

 

[Belle Montgomery]

Can someone please tell me who the men kneeling around with large tassels on their hats are? Shriners or something?

 

[ikesdad]

Dunno, but they're getting ready to start chopping on that leg. Are they US or foreign ?

 

[Belle Montgomery]

Dunno, but they're getting ready to start chopping on that leg. Are they US or foreign ?

I don't know either...was hopin' you'd know!

 

[Cavalry Charger]

Can someone please tell me who the men kneeling around with large tassels on their hats are? Shriners or something? View attachment 165568

Is that a Zouave uniform? That's my guess...but it's only a guess.

 

[Cavalry Charger]

I like the way the trailer ended, @JohnW. Does that mean there is a complete episode yet to be shown?

 

[JohnW.]

Can someone please tell me who the men kneeling around with large tassels on their hats are? Shriners or something? View attachment 165568

My guess is Zouaves. Got kind of a North African French Foreign Legion look to them.

 

[JohnW.]

I like the way the trailer ended, @JohnW. Does that mean there is a complete episode yet to be shown?

Yep...still in production I am assuming...I'm watching for it

 

[ikesdad]

The 2 kepis don't look kosher Union.

 

[Zack]

It's a staged photograph taken at Fort Monroe in 1861 with Zouaves.

http://chubachus.blogspot.com/2014/02/hospital-scenes-at-fort-monroe.html

 

[Zack]

http://ozarkscivilwar.org/photographs/amputation-scene/

Specifically - staged with the Fifth New York Zouaves

 

[mofederal]

A pretty good short documentary. I enjoyed it a lot. Too the point except for the opening. I figured the picture had to staged. The jackets are on, wearing hats., no table. They don't look like they are really ready to operate. It would be a mess if they did. The video is worth seeing. I hope there will be more of them. Thanks for posting.

 

[Zack]

I'm not sure if it was ever done in the Civil War, but during the Napoleonic Wars leg amputations were often done with the patient sitting up as the Zouaves are doing. This is for ergonomic reasons - it's easier for the surgeon to operate the knife in this position. The surgeon holds the the blade so the edge is facing his body and cuts in a circular motion from underneath, separating first the skin and then the muscle. Then the bone saw saws through the bone.

Colorized but smaller:

 

[Cavalry Charger]

I'm not sure if it was ever done in the Civil War, but during the Napoleonic Wars leg amputations were often done with the patient sitting up as the Zouaves are doing. This is for ergonomic reasons - it's easier for the surgeon to operate the knife in this position. The surgeon holds the the blade so the edge is facing his body and cuts in a circular motion from underneath, separating first the skin and then the muscle. Then the bone saw saws through the bone.
View attachment 165609

Colorized but smaller:
View attachment 165610

I liked it but the colorized image is a little more gruesome!

 

[Belle Montgomery]

It's a staged photograph taken at Fort Monroe in 1861 with Zouaves.

http://chubachus.blogspot.com/2014/02/hospital-scenes-at-fort-monroe.html

Thank you!

 

[JohnW.]

I like the way the trailer ended, @JohnW. Does that mean there is a complete episode yet to be shown?

Yep...still in production I assume.