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So many amputations were performed because the lack antiseptics and an unsterilized surgical environment meant that infection from gangrene was a constant and frequent result of removing the bullets and shell fragments that immediately threatened the patients' lives. Once infection set in, there was no other way to prevent its spread. There were no antibiotics, either. The surgeries were performed without anesthetics, as well.
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What was the greatest cause of death on the soldiers on both sides during the Civil War?
amputations
How was medical treatment during the Civil War?
During the American Civil War , medical treatment was crude where amputations were done without the benefit of anesthesia and there were more who died from disease than through warfare .
How many us soldiers had limbs amputated in world war 1?
Over the course of the First World War, there were 2,635 significant amputations performed on US soldiers, however, the precise total number of amputations is unknown. Over 116,000 service members were killed.
What was the greatest cause of the deaths among soldiers on both sides during the civil war?
Disease - far more than bullets. Also, there was very little medical provision. If you were wounded, you would probably die.
What jobs did Harriet Tubman perform for the union army during the civil war?
She served the U.S army in south Carolina as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier.
What was 75 percent of all opperations done by docotrs during the civil war?
The vast majority of surgeries in the Civil War were amputations.
What was the greatest cause of death on the soldiers on both sides during the Civil War?
amputations
What was used to solve serious wounded limbs during the civil war?
a saw of course! amputations....
How was medical treatment during the Civil War?
During the American Civil War , medical treatment was crude where amputations were done without the benefit of anesthesia and there were more who died from disease than through warfare .
Did nurses from the civil war perform amputations?
Not usually. A doctor's bag included various saws for cutting through bone and tissue, and big clippers, the lot looking more like yard tools and hacksaws. It took a strong man to saw through a limb quickly, in the approved fashion. Many Civil War nurses were male, often soldiers recovering from their own wounds, or sickness.
What was a constant threat to soldiers in the US Civil War?
For soldiers on both sides of the US Civil War, a major and consistent threat for soldiers were diseases such as malaria and dysentery. Also, the large number of amputations during the war, often resulted in infections due to the lack of antibiotic medicines.
Did the US nurses have to cut off body parts of a wounded soldier World War 1?
maybe put on other people that need it Usually, surgeons perform amputations. Nurses assist.
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 tools were used in World War 1 amputations?
forks, sticks and teeth.
What medical equipment was used for amputations during World War 2?
scalpels durr
What was the reason most soldiers died in the Civil war?
Most soilders were wounded at the battle field. But it was the infections from the tools for amputations and bad conditions that killed most men. Doctors back then didn't know about bacteria. ~Anonymous
After a soldier in the Civil War had an amputation and recovered did he get sent home?
Soldiers with amputations and other severe injuries were generally sent home or simply discharged from the army to get home on their own. Officers, especially high-ranking officers, often stayed in military service after amputations. A wooden leg or missing arm or blinded eye would be part of their image on the battlefield.
