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Title
Gustav
Webber
Amputating
Set
Subject
Science and Technology
Military Ohio
Civil War
Medical education
Medicine
Medical equipment & supplies
Physicians
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
amputating
set
belonged
to
Gustav
Weber
,
who
served
as
surgeon
general
of
Ohio
during
the
Civil
War
and
founded
St
.
Vincent
Charity
Hospital
in
Cleveland
. The
16.14
" by
6.29
' by
3.54
"
(41
by
16
by
9
cm)
amputating
set
contains
3
forceps
(for
tissue
and
bone
torsion)
,
3
sounds
(urethral)
,
3
needles
,
1
aneurysm
needle
,
4
bisoutries
,
bone
chisel
,
tenaculum
,
probe
(lacrymal)
, and
saw
(Tiemann's
capital)
. In the
autumn
of
1861
,
Governor
David
Tod
appointed
Gustav
Weber
(1828-1912)
surgeon
general
of
Ohio
forces
. At the
time
Weber
was an
instructor
of
surgery
at the
Cleveland
Medical
College
(forerunner
of
Case
Western
Reserve
University
School
of
Medicine)
. As
surgeon
general
,
Weber
organized
a
system
care
for
troops
in the
field
, and
improved
the
condition
of
camps
and
hospitals
in the
state
. He also
saw
action
with
Ohio
regiments
in a
battle
at
Perrysville
,
Kentucky
. In
late
1862
,
pressed
by
teaching
duties
and
concern
over
his
wife's
health
,
Weber
resigned
and
returned
to
civilian
life
.
Military
service
convinced
Weber
that
Cleveland
needed
a
general
hospital
to
serve
the
community's
medical
needs
. In
1863
he
joined
forces
with
Bishop
Rappe
of the
Catholic
Diocese
of
Cleveland
to
found
St
.
Vincent
Charity
Hospital
. The
Sisters
of
Charity
of
St
.
Augustine
provided
administration
and
nursing
staff
, and
Weber
served
as
chief
of
surgery
.
Opened
in
October
1865
,
St
.
Vincent
was
Cleveland's
first
voluntary
hospital
.
Weber
also
established
Charity
Hospital
Medical
College
. His
students
,
drawn
by his
reputation
as
surgeon
general
,
learned
clinical
medicine
in the
hospital
. In
Cleveland
, this
novel
approach
to
educating
doctors
was
unique
to
Weber's
medical
college
.
Date of Original
1861
-
1862
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Dittrick Medical History Center
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om748_1018472_001.tif
Image Height
1440
Image Width
1819
File Size
752.139 KB
Format
picture
;
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