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MEDICAL 1 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. Two thirds died of disease, not wounds. WHY? Poor Hygiene
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Document Date: 2009-05-12 16:30:31

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Washington D.C. / Nashville / /

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United States / Soviet Union / /

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Douglas Hospital / Military History Institute / Camp Sinks Latrines / Infirmary Corps / Camp You / From National Museum / /

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rail car / spoiled food / food / clean tools / /

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whooping cough / mumps / chickenpox / smallpox / erysipelas / measles / intense rash / tetanus / intense headache / lockjaw / What diseases / Tuberculosis A / Pneumonia Disease / blood poisoning / epidemics / bad fever / scarlet fever / high fever / infections / bone infection / disease / Malaria / chills / Other chicken pox / very contagious disease / Scurvy Disease / severe diarrhea / smallpox virus / fever / extremely dangerous / contagious disease / pain / cut / laudable pus / diseases / delirium / Infection / abundant and carried disease / thought pus / inflammation / /

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surgery / amputations / Amputation / vaccinations / /

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Loyal Legion / Infirmary Corps / Union Army / Military History Institute / Douglas Hospital / /

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Abner Morgan / William Blackford / T.D. Kingsley / John D. Billings / Clark Hannah / Samuel Gress / Charles W. Reed / Virginia Cavalry / Frank Weaver / /

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physician / Union colonel / officer / Colonel / assistant surgeon / nurse / surgeon / Private / school nurse / assistant / Corporal / /

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Indiana / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / /

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former Soviet Union / /

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