By the mid-ninteenth century, they were killing people faster than they were saving them. The formations they had in battle, the size of their armies, and the growing technology for weapons all made the death rate increase greatly. While they thought having doctors by the battle fields would help save lives, it actually did quite the opposite. It was to the point where soldier would rather lay on the battle field than get help. Doctors had no idea what they were doing, so the sanitation in hospitals was horrible. All of the amputated limbs in the hospitals, the dirty scrubs the doctors would wear for days on end, and the unsanitary cleaning procedures caused many soldiers to die in the hospitals. By the end of all of this 260,00 rebel soldiers and 373,000 union soldiers had died.
1. What were the cons of having doctors by the battle fields?
2. What were ways diseases spread through army camps?
3. How did the doctors treat wounds?
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