"Although the care for the sick and wounded was much better than in previous wars, the sanitary conditions were poor. Sterilization would not come along until after the Civil War. Army surgeons would work on a wounded soldier, and when finished, would simply wipe off the instruments with a dirty, bloody towel and move on to the next wound. If anesthesia were not available for an amputation, the wounded soldier would be held down, and sometimes given a "pain bullet" (a lead bullet to bite down on during the procedure). Clara Barton is the best-known nurse during the war, but the poet Walt Whitman also served as a nurse. The Civil War also produced Dr. Mary Walker, one of the first women surgeons."
Part of a Civil War exhibit at Greenfield Village in Michigan during the Civil War Remembrance event.
~ harui
Part of a Civil War exhibit at Greenfield Village in Michigan during the Civil War Remembrance event.
~ harui
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How barbaric.
And think, in a few hundred years how our best technology will be viewed the same way.
And think, in a few hundred years how our best technology will be viewed the same way.
Most people died of infections and disease during the civil war. Not by combat. Also, these doctors did there word out in the field. some injuries were so bad that they often had to amputate.
Yes, indeed. I find it horribly sad that so many who survived the amputation then died of infection because of it.
~ harui
~ harui
I agree.
It's a shame that is one of the Most Deadliest wars in American history.
It's a shame that is one of the Most Deadliest wars in American history.
Makes me think of John Dunbar in "Dances with Wolves". He didn't want his leg amputated and rode out on his horse ending the stalemate.
Oh, it makes me shudder to think of the medical conditions of the time *cringe*
Oh, it makes me shudder to think of the medical conditions of the time *cringe*
Oh! That is an extraodinary piece of history.
I have a Japanese WWII Kokura Bayonet under the National Electric category along with a Civil defence Helmet from the war.
But to find something from the Civil war is evenly historical and Epic.
I have a Japanese WWII Kokura Bayonet under the National Electric category along with a Civil defence Helmet from the war.
But to find something from the Civil war is evenly historical and Epic.
You stub your shoeless toe because your government has poor supply lines and is very poor, "Looks a crooked toe... Time ter amputate the leg!" After the amputation, "Here, take some whiskey, it'll help ya out."
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