Document Type

Blog Post

Publication Date

1-27-2016

Department 1

Civil War Institute

Abstract

Mercy Street has no shortage of nineteenth century medical trivia. Dr. Foster repeatedly invokes his stellar medical education, which includes not only study in Philadelphia, America’s medical Mecca of that time, but also a grand tour abroad where he learned all kinds of fancy techniques from some of the great medical minds of the era. Similarly, we have been introduced to Anne Hastings, the alleged Crimean War nurse, her character no doubt causing many to brush up on their nineteenth century European history. [excerpt]

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This blog post is available at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine's blog, Reel to Reel; a blog centered around the PBS show, Mercy Street.

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