Civil War Battlefield Medicine

As my classes saw on Friday, Oct. 9, standard medical procedures during the Civil War were much different than they are now. It's no wonder that the majority of war casualties wre caused not by bullets, but by disease!

Your assignment, due Mon., Oct. 19th, is to do the following:

1.) View the Document-Based Question titled "Medical Practices on the Civil War Battlefield", which can be found on the following website:

http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/teachers/tah/documents/turningpoints/documentquestions/d-Fields-CivilWarMedicine.pdf

This document is a .pdf file, so you will need Adobe Acrobat to download it. I will also upload it to my McKeel Academy webpage.

2.) Print the document.

3.) Answer all 18 discussion questions.

4.) Honors students - Write a well-organized 5-7 paragraph essay based on the following prompt:

"Historians refer to the era of the American Civil War as the “medical Middle Ages.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Using your prior knowledge and the primary documents that have been provided to you, write an essay that reflects your opinion. Be sure to include details from the documents that you have read and/or analyzed that led to your conclusion."

Directions for this assignment can be found on the first page of the DBQ assignment.