Civil War Medical Conditions

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Medicine in the American Civil War

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The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive. Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility during surgery. No antibiotics were available, and minor … See more

Six Ways the Civil War Changed American Medicine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/six-ways-civil-war-changed-american-medicine-180955626/

150 years ago, the historic conflict forced doctors to get creative and to reframe the way they thought about medicine. A ward in Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C., during the Civil …

Civil War Medicine Articles | American Battlefield Trust

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Modern Medicine's Civil War Legacy. Ina Dixon. During the Civil War, both sides were devastated …

Civil War Medicine: An Overview of Medicine | eHISTORY

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Civil War Surgeons at Petersburg (Library of Congress) During the 1860s, doctors had yet to develop bacteriology and were generally ignorant of the causes of disease. Generally, …

Health and Medicine During the Civil War – History …

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Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (or 'TB') is a dangerous infectious disease that affects human lungs. Tuberculosis is spread from one person to another through the air via coughs and …

American Civil War Medical Care

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Medical Facts and Statistics in the Civil War. In the Civil War, the most common cause of death was not related to battlefield injuries. Instead, disease was the cause of …

Everyday Life in a Civil War Hospital

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Over the course of the Civil War, at least 600,000 soldiers died from wounds or sickness.The vast majority of these men were treated in hospitals scattered …

Civil War Diseases - The Biggest Killer of …

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The worst disease in the Civil War was Dysentery. Dysentery accounted for around 45,000 deaths in the Union army and around 50,000 deaths in the Confederate army. …

Civil War medicine: 37 pieces of history

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National Museum of Civil War Medicine This photograph was made from an 1888 glass plate negative, which documents a Civil War veteran's wound. The …

Health Care and the American Medical …

https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2017/07/health-care-american-medical-profession-1830-1880/

The Civil War years were an important period for the training and professionalization of American physicians. Before 1820, the apprenticeship system …

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