Medical Terms Used During Civil War

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Common Civil War Medical Terms ague: Fever, or other recurrent symptom resulting from malaria also known as a chill. It was a common synonym for... amputation: Removal of an appendage of the body, usually a limb. circular: Using a single flap and by making a …

Medicine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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AGUE: Fever or other recurrent symptom resulting from malaria amputation: Removal of an …

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 …

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Medicine made significant gains during the course of the war. However, it was the tragedy of the era that medical knowledge of the 1860s had not yet encompassed the use of sterile …

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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 …

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(Civil War) 19th Century Medical Terminology Bladder in Throat. Blood Poisoning. Bloody Flux. Bloody Sweat. Bone Shave. Brain Fever. Breakbone. Bright's Disease. …

Terms Used In Civil War Medicine

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* pyemia: refereed to pus in blood, literally. Used during the Civil War to denote all types ...

American Civil War Medical Care

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Due to unsanitary conditions, disease was so rampant in Civil War hospitals that even minor injuries often required amputation to prevent the spread of infection. Since antibiotics had not yet...

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Demonstration : A military movement which is used to draw the enemy's attention, distracting the enemy so that an attack can be made in another location. Drill : To practice marching, military …