GETTYSBURG: Hospitals, Bone Saws & Body Parts!!! 😧| American Artifact Episode 48
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The thought of Civil War medicine brings up some rather gruesome mental images. In this episode of American Artifact, we're walking through an old field hospital in Gettysburg which has now been converted into a bed and breakfast called The Gettysburg Academy. After that, we're hopping over to The Gettysburg Museum of History where Erik Dorr will walk us through some battlefield amputation kits and show a few bullet damaged specimens of body parts left on the field after the battle.
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As a double amputee(legs) and very privy to the immediate recovery in the era of modern medicine, I still can't imagine how horrible it would have been to suffer an amputation. Perhaps the original wound in comparison made it "less" horrific to the victim. But sheesh, 3 days following amputation, even with strong pain meds via IV, the immediate recovery was bruta for me times 2. These poor souls suffered. Miraculous they survived in the era pre-infection prevention. God bless them and all our wounded veterans.
Can’t even imagine. Thanks for the added insight!
My goodness I salute your bravery and perseverance. God Bless.
The surgeons fully expected an infection to happen after amputation. 'Laudable puss' as it was called was looked upon as a good sign that the body was healing itself with thick, yellow pus. However clear, foul smelling pus was a death sentence as it indicated sepsis, or that the infection had spread to the blood and not just localized.
@@tomservo5347 As someone who's had sepsis and was within 24 hrs or less of death.
I can attest and agree.
The colour of puss that close to death I experienced was a vaguely yellow, pinky red ooz.
And the rate the septic infection spread was alarming.
From getting bitten on the Saturday morning to being admitted for emergency surgery on Tuesday night..... It could have killed me quicker than I could have possibly imagined.
And as a warning....
Anyone reading this, if you think you're suffering septic shock, get to hospital ASAP...... no messing around......!
@@SpaceHCowboy I had a little brush with a staph infection from a spider bite that made my leg swell. I went to work that morning and this old school, 'go to work no matter what' electrician looked at me, took me to the side and said "Take five and call a doctor...you don't look good."
Very interesting for me because I'm a hemipelvectomy (HP)amputee [cancer not combat]. Know what my life in a wheelchair is like after surgery. Difficult for me to grasp their life with crude devices like peg legs and rudimentary wheelchairs. That above the knee surgical scar would make using a prosthesis painful; perhaps never fully healing. Nothing but respect for these brave men! Thank you JD!
I’ve wondered how painful those prosthetics must have been. Thanks for the insight!
Agree totally
I am glad they show the bones….it’s history
Agreed.
Amputation was such a horrific component of the civil war experience. What a nightmare.
Certainly unpleasant.
As an OR nurse, I can say the amputation tools of today are very similar of back then. The knives are essentially the same, but now we use battery powered saws primarily.
Yikes!
Those tools look terrifying , does everyone who loses a limb get fantom pain or fantom itch and what is the best thing to do to manage that, the only reason I asked is because my grandpa lost his toes he ran over his foot with a old style push mower he was going blind and didn't want to tell anyone that is how we found out that he was losing his eye site he had to learn how to balance without his big toe he used a cane
@@jenniferfloyd9179 I don't think everyone gets phantom sensations from an amputation, but I think it can be common. As far as managing the symptoms, I would talk to his doctor for advice and treatment.
@@tundranomad thank you
@@jenniferfloyd9179 Anytime! Usually when any patient leaves the OR, I don't see them or hear about their follow up condition, so I don't know how they're doing in recovery. It's just the nature of the job.
If you go on the internet and search "phantom limb sensations", there is an article near the top by mayo clinic that addresses treatment options. Name of the article is "Phantom pain-Diagnosis and Treatment". I would include the link but youtube blocks it
As a medical professional and a combat veteran I'm thrilled that these items are being exhibited. What's macabre to one person is informational and educational to another, not to mention downright fascinating. It's amazing how some of the surgical instruments and medical devices have barely changed since the Civil War!
These guys were tougher than nails! Astounding what they endured.God Bless them all.Thank YOU for your service!
I see a Penfield 4!
This country needs this to be out and everyone to realize what this war did for this country, I am pleased to see more on this and I thank you for keeping history alive and show the sacrifices that was made to keep this country alive and intact
Hopefully, people are sharing these videos to help broaden awareness and appreciation for what these people accomplished and endured.
Since the country can't seem to end the Lost Cause " Truthers, you might be wanting way too much.
Like Erik said, those old veterans were proud of their war wounds. Dan Sickles proudly donated his amputated leg to be on display and visted it often. Love the Gettysburg Academy. Love old places like that
Lots of amazing history there.
How those men suffered ..heartbreaking ……thank you so much for doing this video . May their souls be at peace and suffering no more . You are a good soul for doing these videos I appreciate all you do
Thanks for watching.
That was so tastefully decorated. That structure on the roof is sometimes called a widow's walk. Always interesting. Thank you for taking us along.
Pretty amazing place.
The widow’s walk was used when the women were waiting for their husbands to return from the sea! Wives would
Watch for the walk for the shop
I’m too sensitive to ghosts and would never stay in that house! Seems like everywhere you go in Gettysburg, the past will follow you! I do love Civil War history and follow your channel. I love your historic stories and travels!
It's a nice place. No ghosts.
@@TheHistoryUnderground If you aren’t seeing any or hearing anything, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t there. I am sensitive myself, But my husband isn’t. When we went to the Colosseum in Rome, we had to leave because after no more than 10 minutes, I was doubled over in pain. We got to the exit, and I was fine.
He walks with the Holy Ghost, so who cares? 😮😅😂😊🇺🇸
Ghosts are Demons, If you're close to GOD,you won't see Ghosts!
@semperfi5861 pray to God, Marine..if you are a marine.
J D, this was really fascinating. It's hard to imagine living back then. Thanks 4 all the history you bring us. I'm glad you're not afraid to share the history there was back then.
Thanks for watching!
As Tundra said the modern surgical instruments are very similar to those in that kit. As someone who has done a bunch of orthopaedic surgery I believe surgeons of the day were really proficient at amputation under very difficult field conditions. A big difference is we would currently be able to successfully treat most of the fractures caused by those projectiles.
You’re right. My brother is a surgeon and tells me that many of his “tools” haven’t changed since they were invented. Especially scary as he is a gynaecologist 😮
@@RobinHullBuilds lmao
Only if you had the time. With as many casualties as they had, the time to deal with the wounds was limited to saving as many lives as possible in the short time they had with the casualties. The long term outlook was, unfortunately, not possible.
I'm really sensitive to spirits... and I can FEEL them just WATCHING this!
More Civil War content! ❤
Got a lot more on the way!
Yes please, more civil war content ❤
Thank you JD and Erik. I'm a retired Physician Assistant, spent my career in surgery. The ortho tools today are similar, the biggest difference is they are (mostly) POWER tools. Thank goodness for better pain control and antibiotics. Amazing any of those guys survived that kind of trauma!
I’m glad that the GMOH elected to display these artifacts. As you stated, they are educational and serve a useful purpose. War is never pretty or glorious and to keep artifacts like these stored away somewhere is basically just “hiding away” the truth. I always really enjoy Erick’s presentations. Great video, JD. 👍
Well put and I agree 100%
Yeah, I don't see what the big deal is about that, anyway.
This video really gives you an insight of the suffering that went on for the soldiers that were injured and had to have surgery. Those surgeons must've been extremely tired and dealing with mental anguish to deal with the horrific injuries. Thank you JD for another great video and enjoy your stay at the American Academy.
Can't imagine being one of those surgeons.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Nor can I. Stuff of nightmares for the soldiers and the surgeons.
BTW, there is a small church (closed) in Terrebonne Parish Louisiana that was a Civil War hospital. I find it interesting how there are so many out of the way places that were as much a part of history as more well known locations. Good report. Keep traveling.
Interesting!
The hook like object that is mentioned to pull skin back is actually a Tenaculum, it was used to hook an artery and would have a suture looped around it, once the artery was pulled forward the suture could be slipped over it and tied off.
"Hospitals, Bone Saws, and Body Parts" would be a good name for a GWAR tour.
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What a place to stay! WOW!
It's amazing.
Another great video JD, heading to Gettysburg on Wednesday and plan on stopping in Erik's shop while we are there. Thanks for the tour of the Academy building.
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Yes it's educational, please always show all medical items! And the camera man should show us close ups. It makes people tougher for the next war which will probably be in North America also
Staying in that historic home has to be so fascinating. I would be exploring every crack & corner. The museum holds so much eye opening facts about that war. I'm so envious but very appreciative of your sharing your knowledge. ♥️♥️♥️
There is a clinic in existence founded by a Civil War veteran who was an amputee. Joseph Hanger made his first prosthetic from barrel staves and a wagon spring, and the modern clinic bearing his name makes prosthetics still.
Interesting!
He was a rebel who lost a limb very early in the war in the fighting in what is now West Virginia. By standards later in the war it was not much more than skirmishing but men were wounded and killed.
After his recovery he crafted an artificial limb for himself, then for others for profit, and his businesses enterprise was underway. The rest is history.
@@bobjohnston8316 My point was that a lot of prosthetic development came from that time, and that Hanger carries on that legacy. No need to lecture me- I wear a pristhetuc every day, made by Hanger.
How painful these injuries must have been!! YIKES!
Awful
That was SOOO interesting. How far medicine has come compared to what was available during the Civil War. The thought of someone having a limb amputated without anesthesia is absolutely horrifying! Thanks so much!
Pretty horrifying thought.
Though I haven’t researched it I would bet that the anesthesia could be as big a risk as the surgery. It sounds like Thomas Jackson died of inhalation pneumonia, an anesthetic related complication.
I am an amputee. My surgery was done via nerve block and IV sedation, no general, so no intubation.
Oh yah so much better today, oh wait except now you're bankrupted for even a hangnail procedure, hit with surprise bills.
@@amputeeright interesting. The first nerve block using cocaine was reported by Halstead, a British surgeon, in 1884. Unfortunately it was too late for soldiers of the American Civil War to benefit from it.
I'm British 🇬🇧 and I'm learning so much! thank you for your fantastic content and explanations.
I became a Registered Nurse in 1989. There was a great exhibit of Civil War medical instruments, on loan from a private collector, on display near the Wilson’s Creek battlefield. That’s another great place to visit! I cannot imagine how the patients and Dr’s, and nurses, and women from around the battlefields, withstood the gruesomeness of those amputations, bullets being removed, the medical treatment in all matters, usually with no anesthesia, nothing for pain…my God, the agony is only imagined (if never going through that) those poor people!!!
My great great great grandfather was wounded in the civil war. They had him in the hospital then he finished out the war as a nurse. Thanks for this
I’m all for showing the bones. It’s history. A brutal one at that.
As usual, great content, very interesting. I'm From the UK, and very interested in the American civil war. I've been to Gettysburg and found it a very solemn place. But did you know that in Edinburgh there is statue of Abraham Lincoln which commemorates 6 Scottish men who fought for the Union Army.
It is in the old Calton cemetery,
Thanks for the excellent content.
It's nice to give the ladies of the war a shout out as well. If a general made your house into a hospital that's bad enough but then as a woman you where appointed as a nurse and expected to take care of these men. They held their hand as they died, wrote down thier last words, tried to ease their suffering any way they could. Even assisting in surgery. Those women where tough as nails too.
Thanks y'all for giving us the good, the bad, and the ugliness of war. Well done. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
My husband is related to Joshua Chamberlain, and his family is very proud of this heritage.
These are actually the lucky ones who got to come back home. Sad but true😢
Absolutely fascinating. It’s all history and speaks volumes to the sacrifices and selflessness these persons gave throughout the Civil War. It all should be be shown to serve as a reminder to future generations to not let history repeat itself within our Country.
Very interesting. I just missed you at Gettysburg and the GMOH - but I did visit and bought Tillie Pierce's book giving her account of the battle. My friends' daughter read her book cover to cover, and was just fascinated by the history.
Keep up the great work - you help make history come alive, and for our young people that is critical so they don't repeat the mistakes of the past.
Thank u for doing this man when I was in middle school here where I live i was going to go to Gettysburg and Washington DC trip my 8th grade year but unfortunately my mother had passed away the morning I was supposed to leave for the trip never made it but I'm glad that people like you show our history and not try to get rid of it like others are trying to do keep up the awesome work man awesome video
Aj, though it was a long time ago for you, I’m so sorry for the loss of your mom. It must’ve been very hard.
@@robyncooperramsey8323 thank you yeah it has been rough it still is cause she passed away young but when the Lord says it's time to come home to his kingdom then it's your time but I've always been a momma's boy it's also been rough on my older brothers as well but I know she's in a better place and I know in my heart I'll see her again someday when my time is up but thank you for your kind words God bless you
@@ajbaumgart4774 You’re so welcome. Someday there’ll be no more tears.
Dang...every time I watch a video of yours, I can say "I was just there and now you are there." I plan to check out the accommodations at the Gettysburg Academy. We always stay at the Gettysburg Inn of 1863. I can't talk my husband into staying at the Farnsworth (ha, ha). We just took his JROTC cadets up there last Friday. I think they enjoyed it but we were in a school bus and couldn't go to alot of places. The Devil's Den was even opened back up and we could go there. The boosters did allow us to take the kids through the cyclorama and museum though. Keep up the good work.
Nice! Thanks.
Thank you for the information about the use of anaesthesia fot amputation during the civil war. I have always been horrified by the thought of the soldiers not having anaesthesia. I was an OR nurse in the early 1960's and amputations were rare but horrifying.
I've been waiting for this one, I recognized you while you were making this video, pulled over and introduced myself!
LOVE Gettysburg history!! TY for this!!!❤️
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My great great grandpa fought in the Civil War. He was in the 6th infantry from Alabama. In my research on that regiment, he was at Culp's Hill on July 2. According to his war record on Fold3, he received a "g s wound to the head" and ended up "in the hands of the enemy". Was sent to field hospital and then sent first to Ft McHenry then to Ft Delaware in Delaware for reminder of war. Amazing that not only did he survive the gunshot wound to the head considering possible infection, but also being a prisoner of war.
My ex wife in college wrote a piece on the battlefield medical treatments of the civil war and truly the beginning of modern medicine and surgery. It was quite the read. Her professor said it was one of best he had ever had turned in his tenure.
That's pretty wild. Fascinating stuff!
Yes it was tough back then. The Girls home as a hospital. Then seeing the tools for Surgery. We’re very interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
Our pleasure!
You have inspired me to take a trip to Gettysburg!! I already wanted to go, but after watching your videos I must definitely go!!
JD & Erik, thank you for all of your tireless work. It never falls on deaf ears and motivates us/me to continue to learn.
I would love to see yall do an episode on the battle of the crater!! It’s the one battle that’s always came to mind when thinking about the war
On my list.
I learned long ago when visiting Gettysburg, always stay at a B&B. There cozy, packed full like minded people and that makes for interesting breakfast talk. Great video JD
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Very interesting, I agree about the bone exhibit, that is the reality of a musket ball. Oddly enough I see musket balls in metal detectors finds, and I just said yesterday that those balls must’ve caused some damage. One must thank God for the doctors, aides, ladies that worked as nurses, taking care of our boys. Beautiful house, maybe one day we will get into that area.
Fascinating, absolutely great show. The guy at the museum with the amputation kits is a champion. Thanks for posting. Really enjoyed this.
Glad you enjoyed it
Tillie Pierce's account of the battle is one of my favorites. I read it multiple times a year.
Wow, seeing the bone with the mini ball in it makes me see how big the mini ball is and the damage the ball actually could do.
At risk of too many comments ~here’s one more! Seriously cool to see the various mobility devices used in various times…how people did the best they could and kept getting better! Very interesting!!
Pretty cool to see the advances in tech.
What Brave soldiers with terrible legs arms and who lived their lives for a long time. God Bless Them. 🙏❤
A VERY educational and interesting video!!! I didn't find anything gruesome about it, it's what happened during the Civil War, that's just a fact! Thank You again, J.D.
Great video, as always. We visit Gettysburg often. You and Erik make a great history telling team. We love his museum, I think its better than the visitors center. Like Erik says, its part of the story. You can't white wash or omit. I watch and enjoy your channel all the time. Thank you for your hard work, great videography and truth in history.
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated.
I’ve seen my share of horror movies and blood and guts documentaries but the thought of the wounded soldiers of the Civil War being worked on in those field hospitals, with no anesthesia to speak of and terrible hygiene is just beyond comprehension. To have to go through an amputation, or even worse is beyond words
I live in town! Really wanting to visit the Gettysburg museum of history sometime soon. Thanks for the great videos!
You guys have the best show on TH-cam. Keep it up . I'm from Canada and I can't wait to take a trip with my dad to see that Museum
Awesome! Thank you!
To see just a fractional amount of What that house has witnessed would be bone chilling
Great video. As a medical professional, care soldiers received during the Civl War has always been a fascination of mine!
Definitely interesting. I need to get to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
RN here. I also want to get to the Mütter Museum in Philly.
Yikes 🤐🤐🤐!! I am glad that they made since that time huge improvement in Medical domain,Thank you Lord Jesus !!! and thank you again JD and Erik for your deep knowledge of those historic times !!!
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Your videos are so well done and educational, and you are always so respectful of the places you visit.
Nice video. I think every part of Civil War history should be discussed the wounds caused by battle. I applaud you for making this video it’s true history. I’m wondering if the veterans received any compensation to the VA back then just something that came up when I was watching this. I’m thankful that your channel is out there and educating others in American history.
Thanks! Yes, the wounded veterans did get a pension for their injuries.
The GMOH keeps getting more fascinating with each video that you do from it, JD. Thanks for this one. It was quite interesting, to say the least.
excellent. thanks for bringing us along.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating. Had to shudder a few times while viewing this one JD. Thank you to you and Erik for keeping history in full view. Only way we can learn and appreciate and respect. Hard to imagine what they truly went through.
Another homerun my friend! Keep them (and the good advice) coming! Thanks again.
This is incredible. I seriously want to go visit this museum now. I agree with the museum presenter, it's okay to show the bones with bullets in them. We need to see how brutal this fight was.
Just found your channel and was immediately hooked. Subscribed.
Awesome! Thank you!
My Great Great Grandfather was Dr. Charles Witsell, Captain, and full Surgeon in the officer's Medical Corps of the army of Northern Virginia. I know only a little of his service and I am not sure if he was at Gettysburg. I know he did amputations on the battlefields. He lived into his eighties. He was from Walterboro South Carolina. You may visit him there in Live Oak Cemetary.
I used to be a go-getter and a roamer a doer. I would roam and take vacations and see things and go to museums and experience the United States first hand I've been on and in the USS Constitution, I've been up inside the space Needle in Seattle, I've been to the top of Park City ski resort in Park City Utah, and many other ski resorts as well all over the United States, I've actually put my toes in the Atlantic Ocean in the morning and the Pacific Ocean in the afternoon all in one day. That's pretty cool. One of my favorite places is Monterey Bay and. Santa Cruz. But now I'm disabled, I have a weird spine disease, surgery number six in a month. But anyway I like your videos because I can live vicariously through your travels now and you get exclusive access to exclusive areas. Very cool.
Some years ago, my family visited Wilderness, Manassas, Antietam and Gettysburg. We did not have a chance to visit any museums in Gettysburg, though of course the battlefield is beyond incredible.
The visitor's center at Antietam displayed a physician's kit - with saw. And the saw was very shocking to see: serrated edges just like a small hand saw for woodworking. Not sure if it is still on display there, but it was quite a sight.
Hope to return to these battlefields someday soon and do more walking of trails.
Surgeons used the tools that were available to them at the time. It is nice they made all this to help veterans live semi-normal life after the amputations.
Very enteredting,the surgical instruments,were scary looking compared to today,but like you said they worked with what they had. The home is beautiful, You can't help but be sorry for the soldiers as well as the surgeons 👍❤️
Hard times. And yes, that home is something else.
Surgical instruments haven’t changed much since then, except for the use of power tools. ANESTHESIA is what makes the difference. There was none/little in those days and the pain excruciating without relief in sight.
Makes you appreciate how far the medical industry has come since the civil war.
Very much so.
This is so well done and educational. I'm so glad I came across this channel. Thank you!
J D, being an amputee myself, I can only imagine what those guys endured, and a peg leg oh man.
Must have been painful.
Wow go to the Gettysburg academy building every time I am in Gettysburg and never knew was a bed & breakfast. And I am so freaking jealous of Eric. What a amazing collection he has. Another awesome video JD. Thanks again.
The Gettysburg Academy just got set up as a bed and breakfast. I was actually their first guest. Amazing place!
@@TheHistoryUnderground Oh wow that's fantastic. No one can ever take that away from you ha ha.
You’re a brave man. I would be so afraid of ghosts. A lot of men died around that area.
So important to show the ravages of war. Whether it's the war dead, injured or amputated limbs or illness. I was a volunteer at the John Dingle VA Hospital in Detroit Michigan for over 15 years. For those that are pro-war and/or bang's the war drum please go volunteer to visit with our veterans at a VA hospital. It will possibly change your mind. Additionally, our veterans really enjoy it when they get visitors outside their circle of family/friends. Take a deck of cards 😁
Beautiful place to stay ❤
It really is!
Wow Awesome video thanks JD and Gettysburg is such a beautiful place I would love to go there one day keep up the good work JD
The Gettysbrew microbrewery was a hospital during the battle. The barn is the brewery. The brewery was started by a retired teacher from West Point. We were first there in 1997.
What a fascinating place! Can’t wait to visit Gettysburg again.
You're right: it is easy to judge history with today's knowledge. But they indeed did the best they could, that commands respect
Very much so.
MOST Americans just couldn't imagine the true horrors of war. To show them human (American) bones with bullets in them is a "wake up" to the reality of what war is. I have served my country proudly during Viet Nam and know first hand knowledge. Good video.
Fantastic place and commentary! Thanks for sharing.
Many thanks!
Wow! Very educational!
Thanks!
What is amazing to me is how these guys got around back then...not only missing legs but you gotta remember they didn't have a chevy they could hop in...these dudes rode horses or wagons...it's amazing how the troops got around as well like they did and they fought these battles in alabama then wound up in another big fight in Virginia...hard to imagine all that without a modern vehicle
I agree with Erik, the bones need showed to teach young people that war is not glamorous.
I am impressed of your channel - interesting episodes every week and told with great enthusiasm , Thanks :-) Best regards from Norway
Thanks! Hope to visit your country at some point.
One of my grand father was enroled by force in the german army in WW2 ( I came from france in Alsace) in eastern front in russia he lost a leg in the battlefield shop of right under the hip. They gave him the strict minimum medication as some morfine for the pain some bandage to stop the bleeding and maybe luckelly he will survive... When he was in the train to come back home there is one thing who avoid him to have gangrene and keep him alive was the "maggots" they eat the dead flesh and avoid the rotting process. He survived and live until is death in 1986 year am born. So i can not imagine what those guys did lived at this time my great respect to them!
Thank you for sharing. It was a different time and circumstances. Makes one appreciate how far medical treatment has come.
This place is gorgeous.