A Manual of Minor Surgery, 1863, by John H. Packard, M.D. marked USA HOSP DEPT on Spine.

A copy of this text book is listed in the Surgeon General’s Office Library Catalogues or the list of medical textbooks which were published during the Civil War by the Army Medical Department.

Packard, John H., A Manual of Minor Surgery: Authorized and Adopted by the Surgeon-General of the United States for use of Surgeons in the Field and General Hospitals. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1863. With 145 illustrations. 5 x 7 6/8 x 1 in., 285 pages.

This book is the only marked Packard I have ever seen and is in excellent condition, appears unused since the civil war!

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