Civil Medical War

Six Ways the Civil War Changed American Medicine

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In 1862, U.S. Surgeon General William Hammond put out a call to medical field officers in the Union Army: Send any specimens of morbid anatomy that might be valuable to military medicine and...

Civil War Medicine: An Overview of Medicine | eHISTORY

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Generally, Civil War doctors underwent two years of medical school, though some pursued more education. Medicine in the United States was woefully behind Europe. Harvard …

Civil War Medicine Articles | American …

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Nurses, surgeons, and physicians rose to the challenge of healing a nation and advanced medicine into the modern …

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

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Bellevue Hospital is one of the oldest medical institutions in the United States originating as an 18th century poorhouse. [ More ] Getting On the Right Track—The Evolution of Civil …

Medicine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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Health and Medicine During the Civil War – History …

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Over the course of the Civil War, three out of four surgeries (or approximately 60,000 operations) were amputations. This number of amputations earned surgeons …

Civil War medicine: 37 pieces of history

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National Museum of Civil War Medicine This bottle contains Dover's Powder, a mix of opium and ipecac that was used to relieve pain and induce sweating. National Museum of Civil War …

Military Medicine: From the Civil War to …

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Most of the major medical advances of the Civil War were in organization and technique, rather than medical breakthroughs. In August of 1862, Jonathan Letterman, the Medical …

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... Everyday Life in a Civil War …

American Civil War Medical Care

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Since antibiotics had not yet been discovered, once an infection started, there was little anyone could do to stop its spread other than removing the infected area. Fortunately, for soldiers...