Doctors And Nurses During The Civil War
Alyssa Prusik
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5-22-17
Impacts of hospitals, medicine, disease, and nurses in the civil war
474,000 men wounded and 620,000 killed in the civil war. It was the bloodiest war in history of the United states. Wounds, sickness, deaths were all shock factors at the start of the war. How was the shock resolved? During the civil war many advancements were made within the medical fields. These advancements varied between knowledge and actions to be taken in a medical crisis. A big uprising in this subject occurred that has affected our abilities used in medical situations today. Before the Civil War, disease was treated with herbs and cholera. Also, methods such as letting the patient bleed out were used. Although these treatments could very …show more content…
Most doctors were expected to remove bullets and amputate limbs and deal with injury, illness, and disease. All US army physicians were surgeons and physicians volunteered services to the army. All doctors were outnumbered by patients. There was a big demand for nurses in the war but all army nurses were male because it was considered improper for women to service to grown men. Some opposed women being civil war nurses because they believed they couldn't take orders It wasn’t until July 1862 when the first female nurses were recruited (Women in the Civil War). Doctor and nurses were decided as neutral in the battle which helped stabilize numbers on both, the confederate and union sides. The doctors did not wash their hands or tools in between patients or surgeries which may have implemented and aided spread of diseases. Although nurses, doctors, and surgeons volunteered their time and service with little knowledge, they costed some lives with their lack of cleanliness. They also could have spent more time on each patient although there were too many for that. Overall, they put forth their best effort and did successfully save and recycle men in and out of the battle
H block
5-22-17
Impacts of hospitals, medicine, disease, and nurses in the civil war
474,000 men wounded and 620,000 killed in the civil war. It was the bloodiest war in history of the United states. Wounds, sickness, deaths were all shock factors at the start of the war. How was the shock resolved? During the civil war many advancements were made within the medical fields. These advancements varied between knowledge and actions to be taken in a medical crisis. A big uprising in this subject occurred that has affected our abilities used in medical situations today. Before the Civil War, disease was treated with herbs and cholera. Also, methods such as letting the patient bleed out were used. Although these treatments could very …show more content…
Most doctors were expected to remove bullets and amputate limbs and deal with injury, illness, and disease. All US army physicians were surgeons and physicians volunteered services to the army. All doctors were outnumbered by patients. There was a big demand for nurses in the war but all army nurses were male because it was considered improper for women to service to grown men. Some opposed women being civil war nurses because they believed they couldn't take orders It wasn’t until July 1862 when the first female nurses were recruited (Women in the Civil War). Doctor and nurses were decided as neutral in the battle which helped stabilize numbers on both, the confederate and union sides. The doctors did not wash their hands or tools in between patients or surgeries which may have implemented and aided spread of diseases. Although nurses, doctors, and surgeons volunteered their time and service with little knowledge, they costed some lives with their lack of cleanliness. They also could have spent more time on each patient although there were too many for that. Overall, they put forth their best effort and did successfully save and recycle men in and out of the battle