Clara Barton's Role During The Civil War

During the Civil War, many women volunteered in the civil war as nurses and without them, there would be no such thing as a medical advancement. Much new medicine was discovered and made to aid the wounded soldiers. Before the civil war, many did not comprehend medicine. The advances in medicine had not been made yet. Before the civil war women did not have a major role in the world, the workforce was entirely men. Many women although helped in the cause by volunteering but, at first many men were suspicious of the women taking a role in the war. Yet they did accept them in aiding the wounded. There were many women who helped but only a few who made many important changes in the medical field and in the movement for women to expand their opportunities.
One of the important nurses was Clara Barton who was referred to as the “Angel of the Battlefield”. Although she did not start out as a nurse for her main career she did although began as
There was not much of an advancement with the medicine. Medicine used most commonly on the battlefield were Chloroform, calomel and Dover’s Powder. Chloroform was most commonly used to reduce the pain and trauma of an amputation. This method was later declined because of the development of the inhalation anesthetics which was more safe and effective.
Sanitation requirements during the civil war were not yet that strict nor very demanded. Many men and women were exposed to many diseases. During the Civil War, the Sanitary Commission aimed to keep any prison, hospital and even the battlefield clean as possible. Research has shown that some of 560,000 soldiers died not of wounds but of a disease. Whenever a soldier was in need of bandages the safe way was to wash and reuse them. By using the new bandages that had already been exposed to the diseases and germs they had a higher risk of contracting some disease or