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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Gunshot wounds and other injuries of nerves.

Publication Details

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1864 CE.

Mitchell, Morehouse, and Keen were army surgeons during the American Civil War; their book was the first exhaustive study of the traumatic neuroses. Includes the first description of ascending neuritis, and also of the treatment of neuritis by cold and splint rests. Reprinted, San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1989. 

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Entry Number#2167
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1110
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLgunshot-wounds-and-other-injuries-of-nerves

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia

Mentioned in annotation: San Francisco, CA