Date
5-22-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)
Chair
Larry Toll
Keywords
American Civil War, Civil War Medicine, History of Medicine, History of Medical Education, Medical History
Disciplines
History
Recommended Citation
Roberts, Jesse A., ""That They May Become Efficient Agents, Under God.": Antebellum Scientific Medical Education at the University of Michigan as Preparation for the Civil War" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5601.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5601
Abstract
The following dissertation focuses on medical education at the University of Michigan before the Civil War and the graduate application of medical school lessons to the Civil War. Medical and Civil War Medical historians have overlooked the importance of medical education. The founding of the University of Michigan Department of Medicine and its position in Michigan's medical history and intellectual history is central to understanding the importance of the medical school. Chapters on the medical school show the valuable training Michigan medical school graduates received and how it was a scientific medical education superior to other contemporary medical schools. The University of Michigan Medical School graduates used their medical training to contribute to the significant scientific changes during the Civil War, drawing directly on the superior scientific and medical training they received at the university.
