Medicine During the Civil War

Question 1

True or False: The confederacy had more doctors/ surgeons than the Union did.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

How many horses were on the battlefield?

Accepted Answer

Over 30,000

Question 3

Civil War Surgeons & Doctors knew soldiers from before the war because of one reason or another

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

How long did Civil War doctors and surgeons go to school for?

Accepted Answer

2 years

Question 5

Was medical knowledge well known before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 6

Barns were used as hospitals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What was the survival rate of soldiers that underwent amputation?

Accepted Answer

75%

Question 8

What is the technique that consists of hacking off the infected limbs of wounded soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Amputation

Question 9

Bones shattered due to a rifle used in the Civil War

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Last Question: Would you survive the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

I have no idea!, NO!!, Yes, Maybe

Question 11

Doors covered with "gum blankets" on top of barrels were used as amputation tables.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What was "Ague" (a disease listed on the document) also known as?

Accepted Answer

Swamp Fever

Question 13

What bug were hospitals infested with?

Accepted Answer

Flies

Question 14

What percent of operations during the Civil War were amputations?

Accepted Answer

75%

Question 15

How many amputations could soldiers do in a 24-hour period?

Accepted Answer

45

Question 16

What was the main cause of death during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Diseases

Question 17

What disease was the number one killer of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Dysentary

Question 18

True or False: Doctors used rats and maggots to clean out infected wounds.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

How long would it take 2 surgeons do an amputation?

Accepted Answer

6-8 minutes

Question 20

Which of the following is one of the causes of disease during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Questions 20