Civil War Medical Tools

Surgical Scalpel

Straight Forceps - Bullet extractors- For removing lead projectiles.

Large Amputation Saw

Scissors - Curved: For cutting tissue; also for cutting bandage materials.

 

Probe - Used to locate foreign objects in wounds; metal or bone. 

 

 

Tenaculeum - Used for seizing and holding body parts during surgery, such as arteries etc.

Tourniquet- Used to compress arteries above the cut during amputations.

Bone Brush- Used to remove bone saw dust from the cutting site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Amputating Knife- Used for cutting or incising soft tissue during amputations.

 

 

 

Catlin- Small double edged knife used in amputations.