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history of medicine | wednesday | april 7
"Today," Fraser said once everyone had taken their seats, "we're going to be discussing American Civil War medicine. In simpler terms, we're going to look at the advent of battlefield medicine since this was a war that dominated the times. Both the Union and the Confederacy had different methods of dealing with their wounded and sick."
Fraser passed out a few pages of handouts, giving the students an opportunity to read over it themselves as he gave a light lecture. "When the war began, the Union had virtually no way to take care of their wounded. They eventually took control of several private hospitals but can you imagine going into a war without the ability to treat the injured? It would cause mass disease and death at the least. The Union made great strides as the war progressed, eventually embedding surgeons with the armies and setting up field hospitals to immediately deal with the wounded."
Fraser paused for a brief moment. "The Confederacy was quicker to establish a medical corp but they were also underfunded and under supplied so, though they had the right idea, they were at a considerable disadvantage. The Confederacy lacked field hospitals and, instead, sent their injured home on furloughs. Despite this progress on both sides, people would still die dramatically because the simplest gunshot wound could become infected and would either cause amputation or death. Medical staff was under qualified and under supplied so despite their best efforts, they weren't able to do very much. I don't have any activity planned for today so I'd just like you all to take some notes and, once that's done, you're free to stay or go."
Fraser passed out a few pages of handouts, giving the students an opportunity to read over it themselves as he gave a light lecture. "When the war began, the Union had virtually no way to take care of their wounded. They eventually took control of several private hospitals but can you imagine going into a war without the ability to treat the injured? It would cause mass disease and death at the least. The Union made great strides as the war progressed, eventually embedding surgeons with the armies and setting up field hospitals to immediately deal with the wounded."
Fraser paused for a brief moment. "The Confederacy was quicker to establish a medical corp but they were also underfunded and under supplied so, though they had the right idea, they were at a considerable disadvantage. The Confederacy lacked field hospitals and, instead, sent their injured home on furloughs. Despite this progress on both sides, people would still die dramatically because the simplest gunshot wound could become infected and would either cause amputation or death. Medical staff was under qualified and under supplied so despite their best efforts, they weren't able to do very much. I don't have any activity planned for today so I'd just like you all to take some notes and, once that's done, you're free to stay or go."
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