Sunday, December 21, 2008

Civil War Ambulance

This picture was taken in 1863 near City Point, Virginia. The picture shows a wagon train of Civil War Ambulances. Battlefield medicine was still in its infancy at this time, and getting injured in combat usually meant dying of infection.

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  1. From what have read, I gather these type of wagons and medical attention shown in the photo were for the lower class solders, however the higher officers had their own Private Doctors and medical care. a high percentage of the Deaths of the civil war WERE due to medical assistance..
    nanny

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  2. Interestingly, medicine evolved faster during the war than it had in the 200 years prior to the war. With the advent of better science we did away with laudible pus, ick!

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