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Medical Staff

September 18, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The last installment of our series features four more wounded generals.

Filed Under: Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Civil War, generals, Wounded

September 5, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Learn about more prominent generals wounded during the Civil War.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, generals, Wounded

August 22, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Learn about some prominent generals wounded during the Civil War.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Civil War, generals, Wounded

August 8, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Ice was considered a standard medical necessity and was supplied to Civil War hospitals in mass quantities.

Filed Under: Battlefield Medicine, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, ice

July 19, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Gangrene or hospital gangrene was one of the deadliest infections at the start of the Civil War.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, disease, gangrene

July 3, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The 1st Minnesota played a critical role in the battle of Gettysburg.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: 1st Minnesota, Civil War, Gettysburg

June 26, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Learn about the Titanic’s connection to Civil War medicine.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology, Women Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Francis Millet, Titanic

June 19, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

For the Civil War soldier on the march, heat became another enemy to fight.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Technology

June 7, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

The Civil War brought the hypodermic syringe into the mainstream of American medicine for the first time.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, hypodermic syringe

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