Diseases
Medical Techniques
People
Advancements
100
These two drugs were used to reduce pain.
What are morphine and opium?
100
This surgical procedure in which limbs were removed was commonly used during surgeries in both Union and Confederate armies.
What is amputation?
100
This group of people advocated for better sanitation, hygiene, and patient care practices in military hospitals.
What are women?
100
This church in Frederick was used to ____ patients, a practice that was virtually unknown in America prior to the Civil War.
What is hospitalization?
200
Because most doctors did not accept germ theory, they failed to ___ before treating patents.
What is wash hands?
200
This device allowed doctors to listen to the heart and lungs.
What is a monaural stethoscope?
200
This group of people were more susceptible to disease than their counterparts.
What are black soldiers/servants/sailors?
200
Dr. Letterman introduced this life saving transportation method that we still use today.
What is an ambulance?
300
This disease was the 2nd most common during the Civil War. Symptoms include chills, headache, and muscle ache.
What is malaria?
300
This thermometer was placed on what part of the body?
What is the axilla (armpit)?
300
This individual is known as the “Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine”.
Who is Dr. Jonathan Letterman?
300
This innovation significantly lowered the mortality rate of wounded soldiers during the Civil War?
What is anesthesia?
400
This condition was the #1 cause of death during the Civil War and can be attributed to poor diet and poor sanitation.
What is dysentery (diarrhea)?
400
How was this tool used to reduce disease?
What is administering vaccinations?
400
This woman founded the American Red Cross after the Civil War.
Who is Clara Barton?
400
This term describes the process of prioritizing casualties in order to provide medical care to those most in need of immediate attention.
What is triage?
500
Of the 620,000 soldiers who died during the CW, this fraction of them died from disease.
What is ⅔ (67%)?
500
A version of today’s cupping therapy was used during the Civil War to treat this disease.
What is pneumonia?
500
By what courageous and deceptive means were Sarah Emma Edmons and Loreta Janeta Velazquez able to serve in the war?
What is disguising as men?
500
This drug was used to prevent malaria.
What is quinine?