New York hospital had four doctors who served with the U. S. Sanitary Commission, a civilian organization that was concerned with the health of the soldiers. The volunteers worked as medical inspectors visiting the camps and hospitals, operated soldiers' homes, and furnished medical supplies, food, clothing, and nursing care for soldiers in the camps and hospitals. The leaders of the U.S. Sanitary Commission were instrumental in lobbying the government for the need to reform the U.S.

Four doctors from New York Hospital were members of the U.S. Sanitary Commission: William Van Buren, Cornelius Agnew, James McLane, and A. Brayton Ball. Valentine Mott was a consultant for the war department.

Approximately 750,000 Americans whether Union or Confederate died in the Civil War. About 250,000 died of battle wounds. About 500,000 died of infectious diseases such as dysentery/intestinal diseases, malaria, continual fevers, measles, mumps, yellow fever, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, and cholera. These staggering figures are more than the combined statistics of all major wars that Americans participated in through the Korean War.

David B. Levine, M.D.

Emeritus Professor, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Weill Cornell Medical College

Director, Alumni Association and Archives

Hospital for Special Surgery

will present the winter 2013 Heberden Society lecture.

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The Civil War and its Casualties


Wednesday, January 23, 2013. 4:30 p.m.

Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue

Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

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Two exhibits on the Civil War will be on displayed in the Medical College Library until the end of January. The first exhibit is an traveling display called Life and Limb: the Toll of the American Civil War. This exhibition was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Happy Holidays from the staff of the Medical Center Archives. We will be closed on December 24-26, and December 31-January 1. Enjoy the scene of the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing's Candlelight Ceremony, ca. 1940s.

Enjoy this image of the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses Class of 1924 Thanksgiving Dance, held on November 28, 1922.

A new exhibit has been installed in the 1300 York Avenue Lobby honoring the 70th anniversary of the Ninth General Hospital, which was organized by New York Hospital during World War II.

Dr. Tauber's lecture has been cancelled due to transportation complications in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

Please join us for our next lecture on Wednesday, January 23, at 4:30 p.m. David B. Levine will present on: The Civil War and its Casualties. More details to follow closer to the date.

The Heberden Society and the Division of Medical Ethics jointly present:

Alfred I. Tauber, M.D.

Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Boston University

The Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association will present Special Achievement Awards to four distinguished alumni on October 20. An exhibit of photographs and documents featuring the award recipients is now on display in the Weill Cornell Medical College main lobby at 1300 York Avenue.