Civil War medicine

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Civil war medicine

The surgeons were responsible for treating the sick or wounded. They did not yet understand the danger on germs or diseases. These diseases were spread unsterilized utensils when doing operations. For treating the patients they used things such as bandages, spirits of campher, turpentine and talcum powder. Bac kthen there nurses were only woman. There were about 2000 nurses who most likely volunteered

The surgeons when they preformed surgery only used a rag to wipe his hands and then he preformed surgery. This was bad because it spread to many deathly causing diseases. These diseases were measles which was a killer of many adults. Measils which 76,000 federalists caught ans 5,177 died from. Tuberculosis whic hstruck 29,500 and killed 6.946. Another bad one was small pox that killed another 7,000 people. Other infectious diseases werre Diarrhea struck 1.7 million men and killed 44,558. There was Malaria which struck another 1.3 maillion yankees and killed 10,063.. The last one is Typhoid fever which 149,000 federalists caught and 19,971 caught. These diseases killed or hurt so many people that the hospitals got overflowed.

The utensils that the surgeons used for surgery were bone saws and knives. The medicines that were used were optimun pills whic hthe soldiers were adicted to. The other pill was called the blue pill. The surgeons made the operating tables out of a door removed from its hinges. They preformed the surgery in open light, the room of farmhouses, the center of a barn or under trees. The sergeons didnt know a bought germs or diseases yet so there operating tools were repetadly used, they spread diffrant diseases and they were very bloody.