Civil War medicine was often harsh, rushed, and painfully limited. Doctors did not yet understand germs the way science does now. Yet, the war forced major changes in emergency care, surgery, ...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker challenged 19th century expectations long before she reached the Civil War battlefield. Rejected as an Army surgeon because she was a woman, she still treated wounded soldiers, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The staff of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick regularly tells visitors of the war's many medical ...
JANESVILLE – “There are few citizens of Janesville that would be more generally missed,” Colonel J.A. Watrous, a Civil War veteran, wrote in the June 22, 1895 Janesville Gazette, reflecting on the ...
Civil War medicine was vastly different than today. Surgeons had limited medical knowledge, subpar tools, and numerous ...
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“This year, the Military Health System is celebrating 250 years of America by recognizing military medicine’s enduring history of innovation and impact to the warfighter. Please follow theMilitary ...
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About 150 years ago, one in four fighting in the Civil War died, amounting to some 620,000 deaths. Two-thirds were due to disease, not injury, and a full half of non-traumatic deaths were from ...