Hospitals
Fairfax Seminary: Union or Confederacy
Union
The usually time an amputation took
3 to 10 minutes
Where medicine was usually developed.
The North
Clara Barton
The amount of surgical kits a field hospital usually had
1
The largest hospital during the Civil War
Chimbarazo
Tool used to cut through bone
Bone saw
William Hammond removed ______ based medications from army pharmacies
Mercury and Antimony
The fraction of deaths caused by disease
2/3
48-72 hours
Creator of the Ambulance system during the Civil War
Jonathan Letterman
The nickname surgeons were given
Sawbones
The anesthesia that was used 75% of the time in surgeries
Chloroform
A new medical profession that was born during Civil War
Nursing
The amount of surgeons working at the beginning of the civil war
113
Identifies patients into 3 categories based on how urgent they need care
Triage system
Tool used to cut through muscle and flesh
Caitlin Knife
The less common anesthesia used in the Civil War
Ether
The people who started creating prosthetics for the war
Veterans and Craftsmen
Where soldiers were initially treated
Barns, tents, and homes
The person who standardized hospital inspections
William Hammond
Amputation method that took longer to heal
Circular Method (letting wound heal on its own)
The device created to reduce amount of chloroform used in surgeries
Chisholm Inhaler
Most deadly bullet used in Civil War
Minie Ball
The director of the U.S Sanitary Commission
Frederick Law Olmstead