https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e Its the civil war en-us 2019-04-01 18:58:42 UTC 2025-09-27 13:20:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 24mandel https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356204
civil war doctors only had about 2 years of medical school
most civil war surgeons had never performed surgery before
there was 10000 surgeons in the union army and 4000 served in the confedarate 
they did not have as much knowledge of diseases and bacteria as we did today,  and as a result, thousands died from diseases such as typhoid or dysentery
the deadliest thing was disease
"for every soilder that died in battle, two died of disease"
the diet of the soilders as well as hygene and camp conditions contributed to the disease
for curing stomachaches, they either used opium or a mixture of mercury and chalk
bleeding was a common "cure"
doctors sometimes took over barns for hospitals - an unsanitary place to use
tools were not cleaned,  and people did not use gloves
75% of amputees survived
surgeries were allowed to be made more complicated with Anesthesia



]]> 2019-04-01 19:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356204 24troche https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356211 ~ Hospitals were filled with disgusting smells, people, and bugs 
~ Nursing involved a lot of different things that you have to do, including running your fingers down someones throat to see if they are choking
~ The hospitals weren't sanitary at all
~ Very low hygiene
~ Bugs (flies, mosquitoes, lice, and gnats), no personal hygiene, smell, wounds, no protection
~ People were covered in bugs and smelled horrible
~ Many people ended up dying from diseases such as typhoid and pneumonia
~ Chloroform was so scarce (Only used for amputations and opium)
~ Nursing was no treat - had to smell the stench, try and help dying people, bugs, ect. 

`]]> 2019-04-01 19:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356211 24shankl https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356923 - the hospitals where very dirty (bugs, blood, people) 
- many people where not educated
-there where many different types of disease  ]]> 2019-04-01 19:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/24mandel/9goju7izna6e/wish/347356923