The RailwaySurgery.org Archive
This page holds archived materials such as period documents, articles and images relating to railway surgery. More items will be added periodically, so check back or sign up for the newsletter alert service below to see what’s new. All files are in .PDF format unless otherwise noted. PDF files can be viewed with the free Adobe Reader. Most files are in a low-resolution format to conserve server space. We will be happy to email you high-resolution versions; contact robert @ railwaysurgery.org.
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June 5, 1894 |
The Railway Surgeon vol. 1 no. 1
-Entire issue -This was the first issue of the official journal of the National Association of Railway Surgeons |
“The Railway Hospital” by Frank H. Caldwell, MD “Color Blindness” by D. Emmett Welsh, MD “Remedies Found of Value in Surgical Practice” by George Chaffee, MD “Railway Surgery as a Separate Branch of the Science and Art of Surgery” by Eugene R. Lewis, MD “Sutures, Ligatures and their Applications” by C.M. Daniels, MD …and more |
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| Aug. 21, 1895 |
The New York Times |
Very brief
mention of railway surgery under "The Medical-Legal Congress" |
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Sept. 22, 1896 |
The Railway Surgeon vol. 3 no. 9
-Entire issue -Notice on p. 209 the announcement of a lecture by Dr. J.H. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Mich., and on the back cover, an ad for the Kellogg Sanitarium in Battle Creek . This is the doctor who founded the Kellogg cereal company. |
The Railway Employes’ Hospital Association, by Dr. George Chaffee The Value of Examinations of Sight, Color, Sense and Hearing in Railway Employes, by C.W. Tangeman, M.D. The Deflected Septum and its Surgical Treatment. by Jno. A. James, B.Sc., M.D. Editorial: The Railway Hospital How to Prevent Anaesthetic Vomiting, by Thos. W. Musgrove, M.D. Massage in the Treatment of Joint Fractures The Management of Railway Hospitals A Neat Spherical Gauze Sponge …and more |
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| May 4, 1897 |
The Railway Surgeon vol. 3 no. 25
suppl 1 -Entire issue -Special daily edition published during annual convention |
History and
Constitution of National Association of Railway Surgeons Schedule of events for the day Many advertisements Two-color printing |
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| November 17, 1917 |
Railway Review -Excerpt |
"Car for Hospital
Service, Erie R.R." Short article announcing that the Erie
Railroad has converted a parlor car into a hospital car for
soldiers. Includes a diagram. |
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| September 1945 |
Railway Magazine -Excerpt |
"Hospitals on
Wheels" and "Build a Hospital Unit Car." Describes WWII Army
hospital trains, with some pictures and description of the prototype,
and plans for building a model version. |
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| August 1953 | Hospital
and Surgical Benefit Plan (Rock Island) |
Descriptive brochure explaining how the
health plan works. Very amusing both for its ridiculously low
prices and corny, inappropriate illustrations. |
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| October 1951 |
SP Bulletin -Excerpt |
"SP people join in
community service" - SP employees raised money to buy first TV for SP
hospital. "Dallas surgeon retires after 53 years with SP."
"SP's hospital for trains" - Article about SP locomotive shops in
Houston. |
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October 1953 |
Santa Fe Magazine October 1953
-Excerpts -This was a Santa Fe employe magazine |
“Solace for Sufferers!” Reviews new Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka, KS “Hospital to Church in Clovis Changeover” Tells how former Santa Fe Hospital in Clovis, NM was converted to a church |
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| Circa 1950s | Illinois Central Hospital Forms |
Collection of forms used by the Illinois
Central |
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The Google Books
Archive
Several books and journals related to railway surgery are
now available for free viewing and
download on Google Books, including:
- Entire volumes of The Railway Surgeon for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
- The first railway surgery textbook, Railway Surgery: A Practical Work on the Special Department of Railway Surgery by Christian Stemen, 1890
- Clinton Herrick's seminal 1899 textbook, Railway Surgery: A Handbook on the Management of Injuries
- Color
Vision and Color-Blindness: A Practical Manual for Railway
Surgeons by J. Ellis Jennings, 1905
- Transactions of the Third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Railway Surgeons, 1896
- Transactions of the New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons, 1909
Many other short articles and brief
mentions of railway surgery in medical journals - type "railway
surgery" or "railway surgeon" in the search box at Google books (books.google.com)
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