Six Medical Myths That Just Won't Die-- Part 5: Just Whiskey and the Tent

MYTH   #5 

There Were No Effective Drugs/Pharmaceuticals During the Civil War and Whiskey Was the Only Painkiller Available.

Morphine, opiates and other pain relieving  medicines were available.   

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MYTH   #6

The First Tent Hospital Was  Established By Jonathan Letterman After the Battle of Antietam (Also Reported As After the Battle of Gettysburg).

Actually, a fairly large  tent hospital was established  after the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.

All Sorts of Interesting Stuff in This Civil War talk post.

--Old Secesh