Cedarburg History Museum Lecture - "Aspects of Civil War Medicine"

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Recent studies have shown that more than 750,000 military deaths occurred during the American Civil War. In addition, 500,000 soldiers suffered permanently disabling injuries. These numbers surpassed all other wars involving American soldiers, combined. Discussion and power point presentation of why there were so many casualties and the status of medicine in America during the Civil War years.
 

Peter H. Jacobsohn, DDS, is retired from the practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and from the Chair of the Division of Oran and Maxillofacial Surgery of Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, WI. He is a past-president of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry and the Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee. Currently, he is emeritus curator of the Dental Museum of Marquette University. He writes and speaks on various topics related to the history of dentistry and medicine as well as aspects of the Civil War, World War I and II.