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Most often, when a limb needed to be amputated, Chloroform or Laudanum was administered. Laudanum is also known as Tincture of Opium -- an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium. Whiskey would've been reserved for other types of less sever pain or administered when Chloroform or Laudanum were not available. See the book: Bleeding Blue and Gray : Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine by Rutkow.
whiskey was a pain killer but they called it an elixer if they were selling it to the army
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What was the name of that pain killer that paul spangler used to treat the wouned in Pearl harbor?
he give medasesn
What form of anesthetic was used during field surgery in the civil war?
The only anesthetics they had during the Civil War were whiskey - you were supposed to get so drunk you couldn't feel a thing - and chloroform, which is inhaled. The chloroform killed the pain but didn't render you unconscious; Stonewall Jackson reported that he could hear them amputating his arm but not feel it. Because they didn't know how much chloroform to give a patient, some casualties died from chloroform poisoning.
What anesthesia was used in the Civil War?
Chloroform was used to as an anesthesia during the Civil War.
What side of the Civil War used cannons?
Both sides in the US civil War used cannons.
Why were drums used in the American Civil War?
Drums were used in the American Civil war, to show that the war had begun.
How did they treat head wounds in the civil war?
Chloroform was used for pain when available. If chloroform was not available whiskey was used for the pain. Then to treat the wounds herb's were used.
Medicine in the Civil War?
whiskey... doctors had barley any supplies so they used whiskey to get them drunk during an operation, like amputations, so they wouldn't feel as much pain
What was the most commonly used medicine in the civil war?
the most popular medicine used in the civil war was morphine. morphine was a widely used medicine. it was used so often because it was a quick pain killer and it was addicting.
Can you use marijuana as a pain killer?
You can use marijuana as a pain killer. If you have glaucoma, it reduces the pressure in your eyes.it can be used to be a pain killer with cancer patients in chemo, & it can help with back pain, etc.
What is morphine used for in the US?
It is a pain killer
What is the intended use of heroin?
Pain killer. Back in the early 1990's it was used as a pain killer as well as cocaine.
What is diclowin plus tablet used for?
Pain killer
What is codeine phosphate hemihydrate?
Its is a pain killer used for slight to moderate pain, can be addictive.
Good pain killer?
No pain killer is a good pain killer, still the medication which has less adverse effect on body is the way to go. Generic aleve is one of those pain relief medication, which used to alleviate pain from headaches, tendonitis, muscle aches, dental pain and menstrual cramps.
What is ratio-lenoltec no 3 30mg used for?
pain killer
What is the drug adolonta used for?
The drug adolonta (tramodol) is used as a pain killer.
Medicines during the civil war?
They technically didn't. Modern medicine like penicillin weren't made to late twentieth century. So when soldiers were shot they died or the limb was amputated but the did use alcohol for a sort of pain killer.
