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 Civil WarTraveling Exhibit fromthe National Library ofMedicine
What
:
Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil Wa
, a traveling exhibition from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine
When:
Exhibit Opening is Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:00PM
Where
:
Samaritan Medical Center, Rotunda, Macsherry Connector
Who
:
Presenters and their topics will be: 1.
Medical Care During the Civil War by
Jeffrey M. Garvey, Director of Library Services, Samaritan Medical Center
2. The Impact of the Civil War on the North Country
by
 
Kent Bolke, Director, 10
th
 Mountain Division and Ft. Drum Museum, Ft. Drum
The perspectives of surgeons,  physicians, and nurses are richly documented in the history of Civil War medicine, which highlights the heroism and brutality of battlefield operations and the challenges of caring for the wounded during wartime. Yet the experiences of injured soldiers during the conflict and in the  years afterwards are less well-known. Life and Limb: The Toll of the Civil War  focuses on disabled veterans and their role as symbols of the fractured nation
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 Life and Limb Exhibit: The Toll of the  American Civil War 
 

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