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[itz adren]

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During the American civil war, the south had a medical advantage over the north. Explain to me what it is and why.
EDIT1: what medical item did the south have and the north did not?

Note: There are many answers but only one is right. As the time it takes people to guess what it is, the more information/hints i will add to the first post. Thank you and have fun playing!

[darkangel1]

Well free Cd-Keys aren't that easy... You gonna have to put a little bit of work into it. Answer this question correctly and you will win!

During the American civil war, the south had a medical advantage over the north. Explain to me what it is and why.

Note: There are many answers but only one is right. As the time it takes people to guess what it is, the more information/hints i will add to the first post. Thank you and have fun playing!

Big advantage in cavalry - most young men owned at least one horse, and were used to the riding and shooting way of life?
Kind of a medical advantage but probably isn't right lol.

[destroidz]

The Confederacy was quicker to authorize the establishment of a medical corps than the Union, but the Confederate medical corp was at a considerable disadvantage throughout the war primarily due to the lesser resources of the Confederate government. A Medical Department was created with the initial army structure by the provisional Confederate government on February 26, 1861. President Jefferson Davis appointed David C. DeLeon Surgeon General. Although a leadership for a medical corp was created, an error by the copyist in the creation of the military regulations of the Confederacy omitted the section for medical officers, and none were mustered into their initial regiments. Many physicians enlisted in the army as privates, and when the error was discovered in April, many of the physicians were pressed into serving as regimental surgeons.[22]

DeLeon had little experience with military medicine, and he and his staff of twenty-five began creating plans to implement army-wide medical standards.[23] The Confederate government appropriated money to purchase hospitals to serve the army, and the development of field services began after the First Battle of Manassas.[24] The early hospitals were quickly overrun by wounded, and hundreds had to be sent by train to other southern cities for care following the battle.[25] As a result of the poor planning, Davis demoted DeLeon and replaced him with Samuel Preston Moore. Moore had more experience than DeLeon and quickly moved to speed the implementation of medical standards. Because many of the surgeons in the regiments had been pressed into service, some were not qualified to be surgeons. Moore began reviewing the surgeons and replacing those found to be inadequate for their duties.[26]

Initially the Confederacy employed a policy of furloughing wounded soldiers to return home for recovery. This was a result of their lack of field hospitals and limited capacity in their general hospitals. In August 1861, the army began the construction of new larger hospitals in several southern cities and the furloughing policy was gradually halted.[27] The earliest recruits for surgeons were required to bring their own supplies, a practice that was ended during 1862. The government began providing each regiment with a pack with medical supplies including medicines and surgical instruments.[28] The Confederacy, however, had limited access to medicinal supplies and relied on their blockade-running ships to import needed medicines from Europe, supplies captured from the North or traded with the North through Memphis. Anesthetics where not in as short supply as medical instruments, something highly prized. Field hospitals were set up at the regimental level and located in an open area behind the lines of battle and staffed by two surgeons, one being senior.[29] It was the responsibility of the regimental surgeons to determine which soldiers could return to duty and which should be sent to the general hospitals. There were no intermediary hospitals, and each regiment was responsible for transporting its wounded to the nearest rail depot, where the injured were transported to the general hospitals for longer term care.[30] In some of the lengthier battles, buildings were seized to serve as a temporary secondary hospital at a divisional level where the severely wounded could be held. The secondary facilities were staffed by the regimental surgeons, who pooled their resources to care for the wounded and were oversaw by a divisional surgeon.[31]
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[Actisii]

Fighting a war in their homeland was NOT an advantage. The North had an advantage of about 5 to 1 in numbers, an established military, an established government, and established money system that was recognized worldwide, a navy that could blockade Southern ports to keep food and medical supplies from the civilians in the South, and a virtual endless supply line that enabled the North to never run out of military supplies and food. The North had a very large supply of cannon so they could shell the women, children and hospitals in the South, enabling the North to be able kill non-military individuals.

[volov]

North had more factories. The south, however, had the ******s doing all the work; giving them time to relax and stay healthy, out of all the smoke from the factories n' shit.

[itz adren]

Nope no one have gotten it yet, its Medical advantage im asking about

[conansgrandpa]

North had more factories. The south, however, had the ******s doing all the work; giving them time to relax and stay healthy, out of all the smoke from the factories n' shit.

****** part sounds right

[Actisii]

Nope no one have gotten it yet, its Medical advantage im asking about

Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main anesthetics.

In the war, both armies researched advancement in the development of battlefield recovery techniques. In the Union, a new medicinal wing was created under the jurisdiction of a “Medical Director of the Army”, the first field hospitals, small tents with a few tables or beds for the wounded, were developed, and a system of transport of the wounded to general hospitals was created, the first wooden ambulances which could hold at max around 4 wounded laying down, 1 or 2 medical officials, and a driver for the horses. The Confederacy advanced mainly off of learning from Union camps they overtook, but generally had a less established medical service largely as a result of its more limited resources, vast rural areas, limited medicinal knowledge, and a much lesser amount of medical professionals available. The single most seen battle injury were simple flesh wounds that led to amputations of limbs due to lack of proper techniques in removing lodged bullets. Both of the armies used similar techniques in amputation – quickly drugging the soldier and removing the limb which was generally affected by the wound, or could be infected easily, effectively using skin from the extracted limb to cover the stub.

Two thirds of those killed in the Civil War died of disease. Germ theory had not been widely accepted in the medical world at the time of the Civil War and modern antiseptics, which could have greatly reduced the spread of bacteria and the outbreak of disease, did not exist. As George Worthington Adams famously wrote, “The Civil War was fought in the very last years of the medical middle ages.” Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main anesthetics. Still, many survived their wounds and had only the dedicated doctors and nurses and their selfless efforts to thank. Medicine is an ever-evolving science. Unfortunately for those who fought in the Civil War, the technology of warfare was miles ahead of the technology of health care.

[cloneruler]

Was it penicillin?

[itz adren]

Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main anesthetics.

In the war, both armies researched advancement in the development of battlefield recovery techniques. In the Union, a new medicinal wing was created under the jurisdiction of a “Medical Director of the Army”, the first field hospitals, small tents with a few tables or beds for the wounded, were developed, and a system of transport of the wounded to general hospitals was created, the first wooden ambulances which could hold at max around 4 wounded laying down, 1 or 2 medical officials, and a driver for the horses. The Confederacy advanced mainly off of learning from Union camps they overtook, but generally had a less established medical service largely as a result of its more limited resources, vast rural areas, limited medicinal knowledge, and a much lesser amount of medical professionals available. The single most seen battle injury were simple flesh wounds that led to amputations of limbs due to lack of proper techniques in removing lodged bullets. Both of the armies used similar techniques in amputation – quickly drugging the soldier and removing the limb which was generally affected by the wound, or could be infected easily, effectively using skin from the extracted limb to cover the stub.

Two thirds of those killed in the Civil War died of disease. Germ theory had not been widely accepted in the medical world at the time of the Civil War and modern antiseptics, which could have greatly reduced the spread of bacteria and the outbreak of disease, did not exist. As George Worthington Adams famously wrote, “The Civil War was fought in the very last years of the medical middle ages.” Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main anesthetics. Still, many survived their wounds and had only the dedicated doctors and nurses and their selfless efforts to thank. Medicine is an ever-evolving science. Unfortunately for those who fought in the Civil War, the technology of warfare was miles ahead of the technology of health care.

You sir are so close its not even funny

[destroidz]

Opiates? /too short

[darkangel1]

Morphine? Epinephrine?

[Sunstreaker]

Morphine? Epinephrine?

Bloodbags, Painkillers, Antibiotics?

[snirazran]

answer 1:

The geography of the South favored the defender over the attacker. In particular most of the rivers in the south run east to west. Thus as Union forces attempted to move south they had to cross all the rivers and the Confederates could defend them. Also, the fact that the Cenfederacy was simply defending itself meant that the Northern forces had to invade and occupy virtually the entire South before they could claim victory. That was a monumental task. Since the Southerners were defending their own soil they were intimately familiar with the territory while the Norhterners had to rely on maps. Also the Southern population, at least the white population, were more united than that of the North. In the North there was always a substatnial political sentiment, based on various reasons, for not fighting the war and letting the South go in peace. Michael Montagne

answer 2:

Nice JOB. Just to add to what you were saying When Southerners said that they merely wanted to secede from the Union they also gave themselves a military advantage. Thus the North had to attack. Also another weakness of the South was they felt this would be an easy war. The civil war was far from being a short war. But, Northerners felt this way because it seemed they were stronger in every way. The north's strength was the South's advantage.

answer 3:

The south had better generals than the north. Throughout the Civil War, Lincoln was trying to find generals that could win. Grant was about the only good general the north had.

choose the one thats correct if one of them correct

[iBulle]

Y'all doing this kids homework and he's not going to give you anything in return.