Although field hospitals and medical attention was needed during the civil war, the war could've ended faster without doctors to help the sick and wounded.

CONS OF A CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL.

AMPUTATIONS

• Surgeons did not perform proper hand washing before surgery
• There wasn't proper sanitation
• If a limb had to be amputated, you still had a chance of getting a "Surgical Fever"

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INJURIES

• Of the wounds recorded, 70% were to extreme
• Injuries were caused by soft lead Minnieballs, bullets, cannonballs, shells, and edged weapons
• Soldiers with wounds in the head, stomach and chest were put to the side to die
• Severe treatments wound have to wait a day or two

MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS

Due to the heavy and constant demands of the sick and wounded, the technological progression of medicine sped up leading to the inventions of different tools we have today. The sheer quantity of those who suffered from disease and severe wounds during the civil war forced the army and medical practitioners to develop new therapies, technologies and medicines

Modern hospitals owe much legacy to civil war medicine

New health and develop efficient practices to care for the sick and wounded.

ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELDS

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