Medicine in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Medicine in the American Civil War


00:00:30 1 Background
00:01:11 2 Union
00:08:29 3 Confederacy
00:11:52 4 Ambulance system
00:14:15 5 Surgery and health outcomes
00:18:04 6 Women
00:20:04 7 Aftermath
00:20:37 8 See similar topics
00:21:05 9 Notes
00:21:14 10 Further reading
00:21:23 10.1 Primary sources



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The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive.  Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility during surgery. No antibiotics were available, and minor wounds could easily become infected, and hence fatal. While the typical soldier was at very high risk of being shot and killed in combat, he faced an even greater risk of dying from disease.