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Henry E. (Henry Ebenezer) Handerson
1837–1918
A doctor, medical historian, and Civil War memoirist, this writer led a life full of sharp turns. His work ranges from scholarly studies of medieval medicine to a rare firsthand account of serving with the Confederacy despite being born in Ohio.
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Gilbertus Anglicus: Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
by Henry E. (Henry Ebenezer) Handerson
About the author
Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on March 21, 1837, he was educated at Hobart College and later earned a medical degree in Cleveland. He taught for a time in Louisiana, where the outbreak of the Civil War caught him, and his experiences there would shape the memoir for which many readers know him today.
His life was unusually varied. During the war he served in the Confederate army, was captured, and later returned to civilian life to build a career in medicine and teaching. He became a physician, held academic posts in Cleveland, and also developed a strong interest in medical history.
That mix of practical medicine and historical curiosity shows in his writing. Alongside family and historical studies, he produced respected work on the history of medicine, including studies of medieval medical texts, while his Civil War recollections remained a distinctive personal record of loyalty, conflict, and survival.