What were the medical facilities like in the Civil War?

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Primitive by today's standards. Doctors had no antibiotics, no understanding of bacteria or sterilization, and no knowledge of the connection between filthy water and disease. If soldiers survived their wounds, they were likely to die from typhoid, dysentery or pneumonia

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