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The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was quite limited by 21st century standards. Doctors did not understand germs, and did little to prevent infection. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility during surgery.
Between 6 and 16 February 1862, Union Army troops advanced across the United States to capture Forts Henry and Donelson.In response to news reports of these combat engagements, members of the U.S. Sanitary Commission who were stationed in Cincinnati, Ohio, began to gather supplies and recruit volunteers to help distribute those supplies and render care to ailing and injured soldiers.
The 7,000-square-foot (650 m 2) museum consists of five immersion exhibits that recreate aspects of Civil War medical issues: life in an army camp, evacuation of the wounded from the battlefront, a field dressing station, a field hospital and a military hospital ward. The exhibits incorporate surviving tools and equipment from the war ...
Russian surgeon Nikolay Pirogov was one of the first surgeons to use ether as an anaesthetic in 1847, as well as the very first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation during the Crimean War. During the American Civil War, Jonathan Letterman modernized medical organization on the battlefield for the Union.
The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War.
The U.S. Ambulance Corps was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.The Ambulance Corps was initially formed as a unit only within the Army of the Potomac, due to the effort of several Army officials, notably Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the Army of the Potomac, and William Hammond, the U.S. Surgeon-General.
This category is for medical facilities and hospitals used during the American Civil War by the Confederate or Union armies. Pages in category "American Civil War hospitals" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
Civil War military equipment of the United States includes all military equipment designed, built, or operated by the United States during the American Civil War period (approximately 1860 to 1865). Subcategories