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Medical and Surgical procedures!. arli ummert & essica atchel. What you will learn!. You will be learning about the tools that they use to do medical procedures. We will also be talking about how they would perform the steps. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Medical and Surgical Medical and Surgical procedures!procedures!

arli ummertarli ummert&&

essica atchelessica atchel

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What you will learn!What you will learn!

• You will be learning about the tools You will be learning about the tools that they use to do medical that they use to do medical procedures.procedures.

• We will also be talking about how We will also be talking about how they would perform the steps.they would perform the steps.

• And also be talking about the And also be talking about the different medicines they used to cure different medicines they used to cure people.people.

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Myth or Fact?!?Myth or Fact?!?

• In 1861 the sanitary commission In 1861 the sanitary commission report issued a widely disseminated, report issued a widely disseminated, and included many guidelines to and included many guidelines to improve sanitation and reduced the improve sanitation and reduced the disease’.disease’.

• Three out of four wounds were to the Three out of four wounds were to the extremities. In the Union Army, this extremities. In the Union Army, this led to 10,000 amputations. led to 10,000 amputations.

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The men!The men!

• There was twice as many men that had There was twice as many men that had died from diseases than they did from died from diseases than they did from gunshots.gunshots.

• It was all measles, small pox, and many It was all measles, small pox, and many more other diseases that they have died more other diseases that they have died from.from.

• The prisoners had it even worse then the The prisoners had it even worse then the civil war who were held in the most civil war who were held in the most miserable of conditions.miserable of conditions.

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The Sanitary Commission!The Sanitary Commission!

• The Sanitary Commission tried to The Sanitary Commission tried to educate the army on proper sanitation educate the army on proper sanitation techniques to help stop the spread of techniques to help stop the spread of disease’.disease’.

• In 1861 the sanitary commission report In 1861 the sanitary commission report issued a widely disseminated, and issued a widely disseminated, and included many guidelines to improve included many guidelines to improve sanitation and reduced the disease’.sanitation and reduced the disease’.

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Famous surgeons!Famous surgeons!

• Dr. Edward Kittoe Dr. Edward Kittoe

• Dr. Hartwell Carver Tompkins Dr. Hartwell Carver Tompkins

• Dr. Winslow HomerDr. Winslow Homer

• Dr. John Shaw BillingsDr. John Shaw Billings

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Amputation!Amputation!

• Leg AmputationLeg Amputation - Used a tourniquet, a saw, and a knife. - Used a tourniquet, a saw, and a knife.

• Below the knee amputationBelow the knee amputation - Used a tourniquet, and a saw, and knife.- Used a tourniquet, and a saw, and knife.

• Arm AmputationArm Amputation - Used a tourniquet, a saw, and a knife.- Used a tourniquet, a saw, and a knife.

• Finger and toe amputationFinger and toe amputation - Used a saw, a knife, and pliers. - Used a saw, a knife, and pliers.

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Facts about medicine!Facts about medicine!

• Civil War medicine was in a time before Civil War medicine was in a time before the doctors even knew much about the doctors even knew much about bacteriology and were ignorant of what bacteriology and were ignorant of what caused disease. caused disease.

•     The medicines brought in to try and The medicines brought in to try and halt diseases were manufactured in the halt diseases were manufactured in the North for the most part; the Southerners North for the most part; the Southerners had to deal with running the Union had to deal with running the Union blockade.blockade.

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Facts about amputation!Facts about amputation!

• Three out of four wounds were to Three out of four wounds were to the extremities. In the Union Army, the extremities. In the Union Army, this led to 30,000 amputations. this led to 30,000 amputations.

• Of 11,000 Union physicians, 500 had Of 11,000 Union physicians, 500 had performed surgery before.performed surgery before.

• The surgeon would scrape the end The surgeon would scrape the end and edges of the bone smooth, so and edges of the bone smooth, so that they would not work back that they would not work back through the skin. through the skin.

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Why it is important!Why it is important!

• This is important because now we This is important because now we know what kind of medicines and know what kind of medicines and tools that they used.tools that they used.

• We all need to remember how much We all need to remember how much the medicine and tools that they the medicine and tools that they used and how much we appreciate used and how much we appreciate how much pain we don’t have to go how much pain we don’t have to go through like they did.through like they did.

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Work cited!Work cited!

• Hope you enjoyed our presentation! Thank Hope you enjoyed our presentation! Thank you and have a nice day!!you and have a nice day!!

• http://www.mycivilwar.com/facts/info-medihttp://www.mycivilwar.com/facts/info-medicine.htm#topcine.htm#top

• http://www.sonofthesouth.net/http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war-medicine.htmleefoundation/civil-war-medicine.htm

• http://images.google.com/images?http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=active&um=1&q=civil+war+hl=en&safe=active&um=1&q=civil+war+amputations&sa=N&start=60&ndsp=20amputations&sa=N&start=60&ndsp=20