Civil War Medical Information

Civil War Medicine Articles | American Battlefield Trust

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Nurses, surgeons, and physicians rose to the challenge of healing a nation and advanced medicine into the modern age. Walt Whitman remarked on the plethora of hospitals around Washington D.C., calling them "grim clusters." Library of …

Medicine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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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 …

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 Battlefield Medicine | eHISTORY

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Civil War Battlefield Medicine General Medical Sites Index: An Introduction to Civil War Medicine Common Civil War Medical Terms Civil War Dentistry Medical Information …

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 …

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Our curated bibliographies have primary sources related to Civil War medicine organized by topic ranging from nursing to battlefield evacuation and more. The searchable …

American Civil War Medical Care

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Medical Care in the Civil War Hospital Conditions. A Union hospital located near Washington, D.C. Before the war, this building was a hotel. Prior to... Medical Facts and …

Civil War medicine: 37 pieces of history

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Civil War medicine: 37 pieces of history Invalid feeder. Porcelain cups such as these were used in the hospitals to feed liquids to the patients. Tooth …

Civil War Facts

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Civil War medicine was in a time before the doctors even knew much about bacteriology and were ignorant of what caused disease. Doctors during the Civil War for …