tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post4171793835684445842..comments2023-06-22T02:52:16.261-06:00Comments on Redwood's Medical Edge: Civil War Amputations and AnesthesiaJordyn Redwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021715235725750286noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-10985476683482383182012-09-16T11:45:36.960-06:002012-09-16T11:45:36.960-06:00So glad you all liked this! I just went back to Sa...So glad you all liked this! I just went back to Samuel Cooper's text on The Practice of Surgery last night and wrote an amputation scene from it. I don't think what I wrote was very grisly, but I'm still wondering if my editor/publisher will leave it in or take it out. We shall see! I think it's important to the plot (book #2 is Widow of Gettysburg) because it shows exactly what the women had to do when they assisted doctors with amputations. Usually there were male assistants to do the work, but after Gettysburg, everyone pitched in to do everything. (well, almost everyone) :)Jocelyn Greenhttp://www.jocelyngreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-21388741011809463872012-09-04T17:49:50.028-06:002012-09-04T17:49:50.028-06:00I would be so terrified to be a soldier in the Civ...I would be so terrified to be a soldier in the Civil Waralso. Kwolek21https://www.blogger.com/profile/11876595206935872231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-15984493336998869672012-09-04T10:16:02.174-06:002012-09-04T10:16:02.174-06:00i am so glad that I was not a soldier in the civil...i am so glad that I was not a soldier in the civil war!sarah bukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190192537936486721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-59946147348195628642012-09-03T13:07:38.652-06:002012-09-03T13:07:38.652-06:00Very interesting! I had no idea about a lot of th...Very interesting! I had no idea about a lot of this. Thanks for sharing!Heathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-83399555242921637462012-09-02T10:38:53.769-06:002012-09-02T10:38:53.769-06:00Jocelyn,
Thanks again for these fantastic posts! ...Jocelyn,<br /><br />Thanks again for these fantastic posts! Such great information.Redwood's Medical Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058568644705726998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-4635527658636176202012-08-31T16:54:12.577-06:002012-08-31T16:54:12.577-06:00Hi Judith, yes, thankfully, germ theory came along...Hi Judith, yes, thankfully, germ theory came along! This helped a great deal in the sterile conditions of the operations. In the 1870s, Joseph Lister was instrumental in developing practical applications of the germ theory of disease with respect to surgical techniques.<br /> <br />Robert Koch was the first scientist to devise a series of tests used to assess the germ theory of disease. Koch's Postulates were published in 1890. These postulates are still used today to help determine whether a newly discovered disease is caused by a microorganism.<br /><br />I'm sure there were other advances (I mean, I would hope so) but my research hasn't gone much past the Civil War.Jocelyn Greenhttp://www.heroinesbehindthelines.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-24567209665811976832012-08-31T12:19:58.570-06:002012-08-31T12:19:58.570-06:00Thanks so much for the source references, Jocelyn....Thanks so much for the source references, Jocelyn. I'm wondering how much progress was made regarding amputations fromt he time of the civil war until around the 1890's? Do you know if there were any great strides made regarding medical care in following 20 years or so?Judith Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449273299607567637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-55851781128644561202012-08-31T11:19:48.638-06:002012-08-31T11:19:48.638-06:00I agree, Becky--not to mention all the wounded men...I agree, Becky--not to mention all the wounded men waiting their turn on the table, watching the operations take place. Unfathomable!Jocelyn Greenhttp://www.heroinesbehindthelines.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-82196308616970494642012-08-31T10:16:32.683-06:002012-08-31T10:16:32.683-06:00I knew about the ether, but not about the chlorofo...I knew about the ether, but not about the chloroform. What terrible times those must have been - for the patients, for the surgeons, and for those poor folks who had to hold the wounded down.<br /><br />Becky Doughtyhttp://www.beckydoughty.comnoreply@blogger.com