Question

Medical knowledge had made great strides in the first half of the nineteenth century; thus few soldiers died from wounds, infections, or diseases during the civil war.
a. true
b. false

Answer 1

b) false

Founded the American Red Cross and revolutionized first aid and medical procedures during the Civil War. When the Civil War broke out, she was one of the first volunteers to show up at a Washington infirmary to tend to wounded soldiers.

Pneumonia, typhus, diarrhea/dysentery, and malaria were the main diseases. Overall, two-thirds of the deaths of some 660,000 soldiers were due to uncontrolled infectious diseases, which played a major role in bringing several major military operations to a halt.

The American Civil War was a united States civil war between the United States and the confederate states of America. A major cause of the war was the status of slavery, particularly its expansion into the territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican-American war.

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