1. Medical Limitations of the Civli War
Neither side could have predicted that 600,000 men would die as a result of this conflict. ... However, lessons learned from the battlefield led to the U.S. ... An estimated 620,000 men died during the Civil War. Of these, twice as many Soldiers died as a result of diseases contracted while in the Army than those that died in battle (a problem exacerbated by the near complete lack of fitness or health screening among Civil War recruits).3 Twice as many men died of diseases than gunshot wounds. ... Another operation was soon performed, but the unhappy young man, under such treatment, sank away...
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