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The Medical Environment of the Ironclad Navy By Jan K. Herman Historian, Navy Medical Department Director, Benjamin Rush Education Center.

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1 The Medical Environment of the Ironclad Navy By Jan K. Herman Historian, Navy Medical Department Director, Benjamin Rush Education Center

2 “David goes out to meet Goliath and every man who can walk to the beach sits down there, spectators of the first ironclad battle of the world…”

3 Congress, Cumberland, and Minnesota under attack

4 Captain John Worden, USN “Soon, after noon, a shell from the enemy’s gun, the muzzle not ten yards distant, struck the forward side of the pilot’s house directly in the sight hole or slit and exploded, cracking the second iron log and partly lifting the top, leaving an opening.”

5 A Visit to the Captain’s Cabin

6 Fighting a Losing Battle Cumberland vs. Merrimack (1862)

7 Gundeck of CSS Virginia (or is it Merrimack?)

8 11-Inch Dahlgrens in Monitor’s Turret (Aging like a fine wine…or not)

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10 Drug Cabinet Civil War Surgical Kit Marvels of “Modern Medicine”

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14 Ericsson’s Monitor at Sea

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18 Coal Heavers

19 “Tinclad” with Awning

20 Ironclads in Storm

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22 Tripolitan Wars

23 Sea Battle in the Age of Sail

24 CSS Atlanta Surrenders to USS Nahant

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26 Flight Operations aboard Aircraft Carrier

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30 USS Cairo

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32 Breach-loading Artillery

33 Gihon’s “Ambulance Cots”

34 “Great White Fleet”

35 U.S. Naval Medical School

36 QUESTIONS &/or COMMENTS


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