Recently I had a guest blogger post on Health and Medicine in
the Civil War. Shortly after the post was up, I received an
email from Terry Reimer who is the Director of Research at the
National Museum of Civil War Medicine about some points that
needed to be clarified. In an effort to provide accurate
information, I want to share with you the correct information
that I received from Terry. The following is some of the email
that I received. The staff at the National Museum of Civil War
Medicine has enjoyed your website “Teaching the Civil War with
Technology.” We truly appreciate having a link on the page on
Health and Medicine during the Civil War, however, there are a
few points concerning Civil War medicine that we wish to
clarify. I have listed them below in the order in which they
appear. “Standardized medical schools did not yet exist…” In
America, medical schools were established to provide organized
lectures to supplement the practical learning of an
apprenticeship. In 1765 the Philadelphia College of