On Veterans’ Day, Wednesday, November 11, Ebling’s Historical Services will host a pop-up collections open house from 10am to 5pm showcasing the history of military medicine from the 16th to the 20th century. Learn about the history of the military hospital, see a real Civil War era surgical kit, and “dive into” the ins and outs of submarine hygiene…
Highlights include Hans von Gersdorff’s Feldtbuch der Wundartzney [Field Manual of Surgery] (1540), Ambroise Paré’s Oeuvres (1579), and John Pringle’s Observations on the Diseases of the Army (1764).
From Hans von Gersdorff’s Feltbuch der Wundartzney (1540)
Approximate translation: “Is this our thanks, is this our pay? Then let the devil favor war! Find someone else—I’ve had enough; They’ve worn me down to nothing, too.”