LEADER 05976nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910960278403321 005 20240401154143.0 010 $a1-280-69797-0 010 $a9786613674937 010 $a0-8093-8859-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000185757 035 $a(OCoLC)794492256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10555654 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681076 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11449919 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681076 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10655162 035 $a(PQKB)11651187 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354396 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555654 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367493 035 $a(OCoLC)817089240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354396 035 $a(BIP)46353666 035 $a(BIP)10356843 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000185757 100 $a20120509e20041874 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAutobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D /$fwith a new introduction by John S. Haller Jr. and Barbara Mason 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCarbondale [Ill.] $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 225 1 $aShawnee classics 300 $aReprinted from the original 1874 edition. 311 08$a0-8093-2591-8 327 $aCover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Introduction -- Dedication -- Preface -- Autobiograpy of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D. -- The Battle of Pittsburg Landing -- Campaign Against Corinth -- Occupation of Jackson Tennesee -- The Battle of Britton's Lake -- The Status of the Negro and the Emancipation Proclamation -- The Battles of Iuca, Corinth, and Hatchie -- Hospital Patients at Corinth -- At Jackson Tennesee -- Battle of Magnolia Church -- Battle of Raymond -- Battle of Jackson, Mississippi -- Battle of Champions Hill or Edward's Station -- Battle at Big Black River -- The Siege of Vicksburg -- Incidents of the Campaign -- Garrisoning Vicksburg -- Domestic Life Again -- New Madrid, Missouri -- Excursion With the Editors -- Medical Associations and What the Writer Had to do With Them -- Illinois State Medical Society -- Decoration Day in Decatur in 1869 -- Appointed Consul -- Yellow Fever -- Vice Consul -- Appendix -- Shawnee Classics. 330 $a"Autobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D." is a remarkable account of nineteenth-century medicine, politics, and personal life that recovers the captivating experiences of a Civil War era regimental surgeon who was also a president of the Illinois State Medical Society and a United States consul in Mexico. First published in 1872 by Trowbridge s family and even printed on a family-owned press, only a handful of copies of the initial publication survive. In this first paperback edition, Trowbridge s memoirs are reprinted as they originally appeared. Indiana-born Trowbridge moved to Illinois in his early twenties. A teacher by trade, he continued that career while he began the study of medicine, eventually starting a medical practice near New Castle, which he later moved to Decatur. Though respected by the community, Trowbridge lacked an authentic medical degree, so he enrolled in a four-month course of medical lectures at Rush Medical College in Chicago. "Autobiography" describes the atmosphere of the medical school and delineates Trowbridge s opinions on the lack of quality control in medical colleges of the day. Although three years of study and two annual terms of sixteen weeks were the actual requirements for the degree, Trowbridge was allowed to graduate after a single course of lectures and completion of a twenty-page thesis due to his previous experience. He then married a young widow and returned to Decatur, where he began a partnership with two local physicians and inaugurated a county medical society. In addition to practicing medicine, he was known and respected for regulating it, too, having supported legislation that would legalize dissection and prohibit incompetent persons from practicing medicine. In 1861, Trowbridge began service as a surgeon of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard J. Oglesby."Autobiography" describes his experiences beginning in Cairo, Illinois, where the infantry was involved in several expeditions and where Trowbridge made his debut at the operating table. Revealing a litany of surgical duties, replete with gruesome details, these war-time recollections provide a unique perspective on medical practices of the day. Likewise, his commentaries on political issues and his descriptions of combat serve to correct some of the early written histories of the war s great battles. After receiving an honorable discharge in 1864, Trowbridge returned to Decatur to resume his partnership with Dr. W. J. Chenoweth and devote himself to surgery. His reminiscences recount several difficult surgeries, his efforts to reorganize the county medical society (which had collapsed during the war), and his communications to the Illinois legislature to set higher qualifications for practicing physicians. He was later elected president of the Illinois State Medical Society and appointed by President Grant United States Consul to Vera Cruz on the eastern coast of Mexico, where he studied and challenged the treatment of yellow fever. The autobiography ends in 1874 with a six-day family vacation and the marriage of his daughter to a merchant of Vera Cruz. " 410 0$aShawnee classics. 606 $aPhysicians$vBiography 615 0$aPhysicians 676 $a617/.092 B 700 $aTrowbridge$b Silas Thompson$f1826-1893.$01845961 701 $aHaller$b John S$0888849 701 $aMason$b Barbara$f1926-$01845962 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960278403321 996 $aAutobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D$94429902 997 $aUNINA