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4 days ago · These books made a real splash and the idea that war was in decline became popularized. The empirical basis for the claim that war was in decline was that there was a decline in battle deaths. But over the same period of time that battle deaths declined, military medicine improved significantly.
4 days ago · Mortality-rates were greater among the Confederate wounded, because of their inferior medical service. Battlefield Wounds: Bayonets caused less than .5% of wounds. Artillery fire caused 5.5% of wounds. Bullets caused more than 94% of wounds. Both Armies: 15% of the wounded men in the war died.
4 days ago · A wide range of Civil War hospitals in Arkansas included field hospitals established in the immediate aftermath of battle, commandeered houses and churches, and somewhat permanent post hospitals in occupied areas.
6 days ago · Primary sources concerning the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Civil War provided by the Schoenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- 2014
2 days ago · Dover's Powder, a mix of opium and ipecac, used to treat colds during the Civil War. Subject. Civil War, Drugs. Description. A bottle of Dover's Powder, a combination of opium and Ipecac that was used on soldiers for colds. Source. National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Contributor.
3 days ago · 15% of the wounded men in the war died. 80% of the wounds were in the extremities. Diseases most prevalent: dysentery, typhoid fever, malaria, pneumonia, arthritis, and acute childhood diseases; measles, mumps, and malnutrition. Sickness/Diseases: accounted for 1/3 of all casualties. Battlefield Wounds:
2 days ago · Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts. 1. The foundations of the development of modern medicine in the U.S. started during the Civil War. Answer: True. Many of today's practices and procedures were started during the Civil War as doctors and surgeons were pushed to come up with new ideas and practices due to the large number of men that needed treatment.
