Category: medicine

• Colby 116: Patient Patient

  

  Newton’s story, continued …

  Marek

  8 March, 2016

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Henniker, hospital, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Thompson, washington

• Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge

  

  1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …

  Marek

  9 June, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  baltimore, civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, hospital, mail, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Philadelphia, washington

• Colby 97: Hope

  

  A brother’s concern about the wartime hospital system …

  Marek

  20 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, doctors, Freeman Colby, hospital, newton colby

• Colby 94: Casualties

  

  Mounting casualties feed anti-war sentiment at the North …

  Marek

  13 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  10th Vermont Regiment, civil war, Freeman Colby, health, hospital, Hugh Connolly, newspapers

• Colby 93: Medicine Enough

  

  Colby’s health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last …

  Marek

  11 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, bread, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, Freeman Colby, health, hospital, Maryland

• Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine

  

  The 39th MA’s casualty cases are going nowhere fast …

  Marek

  6 November, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  Freeman Colby, hospital, newton colby, rain

• Colby 86: Sick (Again)

  

  1862: Newton’s troubles are far from over…

  Marek

  26 October, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Dr. Page, Freeman Colby, hospital, newton colby

• Colby 75: Bravado & Hardihood

  

  Some of the men are “hardier” than others …

  Marek

  24 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 74: Scanning Our Worn Clothes

  

  Eviction day for Colby’s corporeal guests …

  Marek

  23 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 73: Graybacks

  

  1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients …

  Marek

  20 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, hospital, illness, lice, medicine

• Colby 72: Hospital Tent

  

  1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment …

  Marek

  18 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  blankets, cedar, civil war, hospital, illness, jaundice, medicine

• Colby 71: The Yallers

  

  1862: And now we have a diagnosis!

  Marek

  16 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, medicine, quinine, salt

• Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind

  

  1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby …

  Marek

  14 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  castor oil, civil war, Freeman Colby, illness, John I. Richardson, medicine, quinine

• Colby 69: Treatment

  

  1862: The regimental surgeon is an expert … in foiling fakers!

  Marek

  12 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  calomel, castor oil, civil war, illness, medicine, salt

• Colby 68: Sick Call

  

  1862: Jonas falls first, and the men line up …

  Marek

  10 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, jonas bacon

• Colby 103: Bakery Nearby

  

  1862: Colby’s on sick leave, waiting to catch a ride back up to the front …

  Marek

  21 December, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, hardtack, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  bread, civil war, coffee, Freeman Colby, hardtack, Maryland, Potomac, sugar, tea

• Colby 102: Holiday

  

  1862: Colby gets an unexpected holiday break as Christmas approaches …

  Marek

  20 December, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, firewood, forestry, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, civil war, firewood, Freeman Colby, march, Maryland, Potomac, sick

• Colby 44: As Light As Possible

  

  1862: Freeman checks up on his little brother …

  Marek

  17 November, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Maryland, medicine, newton colby, Potomac, sick

• JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes …

  Marek

  25 July, 2013

  1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, medicine, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, pudding, sandwich

• Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

  

  1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers …

  Marek

  15 June, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, medicine, NH history

  abuse, beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, freedmen, Rufus Saxton, south carolina

• Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

  

  1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner…

  Marek

  4 June, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, medicine, NH history, posters

  54th MA, beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, Fort Wagner, hospital, south carolina

• Colby 7: Just in Case

  

  1862: You’re in the army now.

  Marek

  27 December, 2012

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, Massachusetts, medicine, SOURCE=HHS

  army, civil war, Freeman Colby, medicine

• Colby 6: A Critical Inspection of the Teeth

  

  1862: The 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment has high standards for its recruits…

  Marek

  24 December, 2012

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, dentistry, food, Henniker, Massachusetts, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, medicine

• Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full

  

  Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …

  Marek

  17 November, 2012

  1600s, animals, bear, berries, deer, dogs, encounter & exploration, fish, forestry, fox, herbs, hunting, Journal of Martin Pring, medicine, porcupine, seacoast