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Towards the end of the war, and after, the medical field continued to improve, forming the foundation for modern medicine.
"In the North, the performance of the department improved tremendously under the prodding of the US Sanitary Commission and the administrative skill of Surgeon General William A. Hammond. In the south, Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore managed one of the best-organized departments of the Confederacy... the medical department was still functioning well when the war ended."
- The Enyclopedia Of Civil War Medicine
- Inspections made by inspectors contributed greatly to improvements in camp and hospital cleanliness and the health of soldiers. By the end of the war, most doctors, hospitals, and army camps were more sanitary.
- After the Civil War, people used some of the methods of design from the war to build improved military hospitals.
- Toward the end of the war, and after, medical training was required in order to work in the medical field.
"In the North, the performance of the department improved tremendously under the prodding of the US Sanitary Commission and the administrative skill of Surgeon General William A. Hammond. In the south, Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore managed one of the best-organized departments of the Confederacy... the medical department was still functioning well when the war ended."
- The Enyclopedia Of Civil War Medicine
- Inspections made by inspectors contributed greatly to improvements in camp and hospital cleanliness and the health of soldiers. By the end of the war, most doctors, hospitals, and army camps were more sanitary.
- After the Civil War, people used some of the methods of design from the war to build improved military hospitals.
- Toward the end of the war, and after, medical training was required in order to work in the medical field.
