By the end of the war, they did, but not at the beginning.
It was used as a medicine in the Civil War. It treated infections from wounds. No antibiotics were available then!
Iodine was used as a disinfectant to treat wounds during the civil war. It is still used today for the same purposes in hospitals, although care has to be taken not to burn the unaffected skin outside of the wounds.
Irish moss and sphagnum moss have been used medicinally. The most common use of moss is as a dressing for wounds. It has been used to stop bleeding in field wounds during wars in Scotland and in the Civil War in the United States.
Well... the North (Union) lost 140,414 people. And the South (Confederacy) lost an estimated 94,000 people. Adding these two numbers together I got a total of 234,414 battle deaths in the American Civil War. So... the North had 60% of the battle deaths in the Civil War.
By the end of the war, they did, but not at the beginning.
War wounds, infection, and disease
Amputation
75%
Bullet wounds, which could get infected.
infections from battle wounds
Amputation
It was used as a medicine in the Civil War. It treated infections from wounds. No antibiotics were available then!
It was used to treat wounds. Sugar kills bacteria in wounds and has no adverse side affects.
More than 50% of the soldiers who died in the Civil War died of disease or complications from their wounds.
yes
The removal of bone splinters and shrapnel from wounds.