EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Women camp followers treated injured soldiers very well.
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Most died of their wounds.
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Not many soldiers were wounded.
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Medical treatment prevented permanent disabilities
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Detailed explanation-1: -A soldier wounded in no-man’s land would be left until it was safe to bring him back to his trench, usually at nightfall. Sadly, some soldiers died because they could not be reached soon enough. Sickness was also a major cause of casualty, and in some areas, more than 50 percent of deaths were due to disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly 100, 000 soldiers were removed from fighting for psychological injuries; 40, 000 of them were discharged. By 1921, approximately 9, 000 veterans had undergone treatment for psychological disability in veterans’ hospitals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wounded soldiers were removed from the battlefield by litter bearer, the predecessor to the medic or corpsman. Regimental Surgeons were responsible for dressing wounds and patients were evacuated in ambulances driven by Medical Corps noncommissioned officers to a division level field hospital for surgical treatment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The war’s victors, the Allies, lost far more men (5.4 million) than the defeated Central Powers (4 million). To these figures must be added the 15 million men who were crippled by their service in the First World War. In Germany alone, 2.7 million soldiers returned home with permanent disabilities.