Civil War Amputations

2. The Minnie bullet had the power to do what to bones?
3. This is the more time-consuming, cleaner-looking method of amputation.
6. Which surgical fever literally means "pus in the blood", and has a mortality rate of over 90 percent?
7. What percent of all surgeries in the Civil War were amputations?
8. This theory was not developed until 1865, after the Civil war had ended. Surgeon's ignorance on this subject made hospital's a far more dangerous, unsanitary place.
10. A good surgeon could perform an amputation in under how many minutes?
11. What saw was most commonly used for amputations?

1. What percent of amputees died of their original wound despite an amputation?
2. This was the most commonly used painkiller for amputations.
4. Approximately what percent of wounds were to the extremities in the Civil War?
5. This was the best, most highly desired painkiller for amputations.
8. This contagious, often fatal illness was very prevalent in the unsanitary conditions of Civil War hospitals, but is now extinct.
9. This is a powerful, hollow, cylindrical bullet that was popular in the Civil War.