How the Civil War Changed Medicine

Hackettstown Historical Society - Meeting & Presentation - American Legion 494 Willow Grove

Tuesday - May 3, 2015 7:30pm

Speaker: Henry Shotwell - Civil War reenactor with the 27th New Jersey and 2d Reg't Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry

Before the Civil War American medicine was still in a dark age. The constant demands of the sick and wounded

sped up the development of organized and more advanced medical practices, that lead to the birth of

modern medicine.

Civil War Medical Myths will be discussed and dispelled.

Free and Open to the Public

Refreshments Following