Medicine During The Civil War Jeopardy Template

Diseases	Amputation	Causes of Diseases	Random	People and Places
100 What is dysentery? The number one killer during the Civil War. Hint: symptoms are fever, diarrhea, stomach ache, mucous.	100 Were the supplies surgeons used clean? No, they were often reused and not washed between patients	100 What is garbage in camps, poor hygiene, disposal system contaminating waters, extreme weather, malnutrition, bugs, or overcrowding in tents? Causes of diseases from camps and hospitals.	100 How were bullets found in soldiers? Surgeons used their fingers	100 Who is William Alexander Hammond? The owner of the journals that were excavated in this exhibit.
200 What is typhoid fever? The second killer during the Civil War. Hint: symptoms are fever, delirium, headache, rash, lice	200 What is 3/4 out of about 30,000 people? Survived from amputation.	200 What is garbage in camps, poor hygiene, disposal system contaminating waters, extreme weather, malnutrition, bugs, or overcrowding in tents? Causes of diseases from camps and hospitals.	200 How many registered/ qualified doctors were there for union and confederate? 98 for Union, 24 for Confederacy	200 Who is Louis Pasteur? The discoverer of the existence of germs.
300 What is camp fever? Other name from typhoid fever.	300 What is amputation? A wounded soldier's best chance of survival back then	300 What is sanitation, antiseptics, and medical knowledge in general? Doctors had limited knowledge on ___________.	300 How many deaths were caused by disease? 2/3rds of 620,000	300 Who is Jonathan Letterman? The inventor of the ambulance system.
400 What is tuberculosis? Disease that has fever, coughing, weight loss, itchiness, chest pain, fatigue, headache and chills. Hint: check the patient files.	400 What did doctors use for pain? Chloroform	400 What is unsanitary equipment? Doctors used _________ for most soldiers and actually transferred pus from patient to patient.	400 How did we know our blood has Typhoid Fever? Typhidot Blood Test, found presentation of S. Typhi and a low white blood count	400 Where did we excavate our artifacts? Battlefield of Gettysburg
500 What is ague? Disease that has chills, muscles pain, sweats, stomach ache, fever, coughing blood, vomiting and fever. Hint: check the patient files.	500 What happens after 48 hrs without operation? blood poisoning, food infection, or even grangrene (decomposition of body tissue) would spread which would double the patient’s mortality rate	500 What is bloodletting, purging, or blistering? Practices physicians encouraged to remedy the sick.	500 How many soldiers suffered extremity wounds? 174,000	500 What major battles put Jonathan Letterman's system to the test? Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg (hint: look at Journal Entries)

Medicine During the Civil War

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