Civil War Symposium Session 2: Medical Technologies and Treatments

Abstract

Technology as it was applied to the Civil War — in weapons, equipment, medicine, military operations, communications, and transport — was the focus of the symposium. This symposium session featured Shauna Devine of Western University presenting on the topic, "Photographing Medicine: Clinical Photography, Photomicrography, and the Development of New Investigative Techniques during the American Civil War", Mary-Elizabeth Ellard of the Georgia Battlefields Association presenting on the topic "A Sorrowful War: Veterinary Medicine during the War of the Rebellion", and moderated by John Tone of Georgia Tech.