It opened up new and efficient ways to develop weaponry and jobs for women. The war improved many aspects of life, but the one entity that went through an immense change was the medical field.
Military surgeons used one sickening method to detach limbs from men and women, bone saws. They used bone saws to separate the limb(s) from the wounded soldiers’ bodies. Since the surgeons knew nothing about sanitation and germs, washing hands and bone saws were not considered until they were unusable (Battlefield Surgery). Due to the fact that bone saws were used many times before rinsing them, bacterial infection killed more soldiers than their actual wound. Although brutal, surgeons had no choice but to this. They had wounded soldiers crowding their workplace.
Brutal as it may seem, amputations were required before surgeons could fully understand the importance of sanitation. Due to the amount of diseases they had to combat, doctors had to rethink their concepts on they should approach wounded Americans.
Experience set surgeons on a path that would allow us to progress further into the medical field and save more