UPCOMING EVENTS
Civil War Surgery
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
7pm
19320 Mateny Hill Rd.
Germantown
This Civil War surgery presentation will include a discussion and demonstration of some Civil War era (1860's) medical techniques, such as: removing a Civil War bullet from a life-sized mannequin dressed as a wounded Civil War soldier; discussion of transportation of the wounded, pre-op, operative, and post-op care of the wounded; pain management; demonstration of Civil War anesthesia instruments, stethoscope, and bandages.
Real and reproduction Civil War era medical instruments will be shown and used, along with a variety of Civil War era projectiles that created many of the battlefield wounds that the surgeons hadto treat.
The Speaker
Clarence Hickey will be portraying Dr. Edward Stonestreet, an actual doctor in Rockville during the Civil War. Clarence is a biologist and was a U.S. Army hospital medical laboratory specialist during the Vietnam era. He was trained in re-enacting with the Frederick, MD Historic Sites Consortium’s Master Docent Series, and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick.
Free admission. No reservations required.
