Whenever people in the 21st Century think about the Civil War, their mind always wander towards the cause and brutality of the war. Medical conditions during the war were horrendous and at time experimental. Even though, doctors at times had anesthesia and a general sense of medicine, patients were always at a risk of death. The part that people do not ponder about is what types of provisions people acted upon to keep the death count low. Clara Barton for instance was determined to keep the death count low. Since Clara Barton was born during the 19th Century, she was able to change the face of medical history. Clara Barton was an American girl from North Oxford, Massachusetts with a purpose. She was born on Christmas Day in 1821. Additionally,
