"What will a book about the instruments and equipment used by the medical and dental professions during the Civil War try to accomplish? ... This work will bring collectors and dealers of medical antiquities some insight as to what equipment was used and how the equipment was used. All too often instruments have been mis-named or mis-labeled, and I hope this publication will clarify this area." -- From the preface in volume 1.

Volume I: Surgical procedures -- Bleeding, venisection, scarification & cupping -- Embalming -- The war on disease -- Medical insignia and uniforms.