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posted by Mr. Carlisle at 6:13 PM
Monday, January 06, 2014
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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11 Comments:
Ugh, I would want to die on the battlefield rather then get amputated badly and probably die later from infection. I just don't understand how the idea of bloody, used tools wasn't seen as a problem to them.
7:46 PM
Handiwork... PPSSHHH Good one!
I think it's so interesting how medicine progresses over the years; from letting out the "bad blood" to gruesome amputations to stem cell regrowth. It's fascinating to think that years from now scientists and doctors might see our way of treating injuries or other maladies barbaric or terrible. Maybe some day we'll be able to administer all vaccines without schots! WOOHOO!!
8:11 PM
I couldn't read the "Under the Knife" article without crossing my arms and legs to make sure they were still there. I get weak with the thought of an amputation. The thought of hearing your bone being sawed and eventually removed is just terrifying. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like for the soldiers that were waiting in line for their amputation and seeing amputations happening and body parts everywhere.. That's just crazy.
8:36 PM
I cannot even imagine being at one of those field hospitals and seeing the pile of limbs like our reading talked about. If I was one of those who had to get an amputation, I would probably die of a heart attack before I got into the hospital from seeing all the limbs.
9:06 PM
It would be so complicated to live without both of your hands! I can't even imagine the pain that he must have gone through too. When I was reading in the packet that you gave us I was like freaking out about the amputations and the methods they used to heal the soldiers wounds. Plus it said that they were not fully unconscious while they were having like their limbs sawed off. That's just insane!
9:13 PM
Looking through these pictures the worst part for me would have to be the bones almost sticking out of the skin or the amount of skin left after an amputation. After reading 'Under the Knife', if I were given a choice between a resection and an amputation, I'd probably choose amputation
9:24 PM
Hey, some good came out of their amputation. They got to be models on a website! If amputation opens the door into the modeling industry as these luscious legless lads demonstrate, I might be interested.
*kidding*
On a more serious note, everybody is saying how barbaric this was, but even though they weren't very concerned with cleanliness, they obviously had the right idea with amputation. We still use amputation today! They just didn't have the knowledge about disease, or the painkillers that we have now. Which is why I am so grateful to be living in the 21st century.
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9:54 PM
I find that the civil war was a load of many issues. If the disease didn't kill the men, the guns did, if not the guns, then infection. I find that the amputation was deemed necessary at the time, but when one see their arm being chopped off their is a critcal psychological strain that limps them. Without their arms and without theur legs they lose not only their manhood, but they lose their freedom. But, this is all the consequence that one must know before enlisting. Amputation scars the heart, mind, and body....
12:06 AM
I've learned (and retained) quite a bit of knowledge about Civil War medicine, and as disturbing I find amputation to be, it was way worse in the past. I found the development surgical techniques to be quite interesting. It wasn't long before the Civil War that anesthesia was unheard of. All surgeries and other procedures were underwent while the patient was conscious, if they didn't pass out. The development of anesthesia and antiseptic gave doctors much more time in a surgery, and greatly decreased the number of amputations that were necessary, paving the way for surgery of today. I could go on about the development of pain killers and whatnot, but I doubt that such a gruesome topic would be appreciated.
I really appreciated how "Under the Knife" described amputation. That may sound disturbing, but bear with me here- I didn't know that they would cut the nerves to prevent future pain. I found that to be quite interesting.
That said, I hate the very thought of having one of my limbs amputated, and as interested as I am in medicine, I don't know if I could do it to somebody else, even if they were put under.
6:26 PM
I bet it was really awful and terrifying for the soldiers and other people that had to have limbs amputated, but I can't imagine what was going on in the minds of the surgeons! Someone would have to be very mentally strong to perform hundreds of surgeries a day and each one was very intense and fast. It would definitely be harder than surgeries today because surgeons had very little time to operate and they didn't have very clean conditions to work in.
6:54 PM
These pictures made me realize how much technology has advanced in 150 years. Back then we had to be amputated if you were wounded, while today you have hundreds of different medications to take to reduce the pains. At today's rate of development, we'll probably be able to regrow limbs and maybe even organs in the near future.
6:09 PM
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