Revolution
The Civil War created a revolutionary time for the medical field. When the war first started, little was known about the practice of medicine and the human body itself:
"Whatever the disease, the army physician had no cure."
- Civil War: America Becomes One Nation
- Medical help was needed for soldiers in both the North and South.
- So, people entered a world of medicine to help the soldiers, establishing the medical field.
"Whatever the disease, the army physician had no cure."
- Civil War: America Becomes One Nation
- Medical help was needed for soldiers in both the North and South.
- So, people entered a world of medicine to help the soldiers, establishing the medical field.
Above is a picture of a surgeon's kit, at the start of the Civil War.
- The medical field continued improving and changing medicine for forever.
Above is a picture of a surgeon's kit, at the end of the Civil War.
- Improvements made in the medical field, from the beginning to the end of the war, are extraordinary.