Which of the Following Is an Accurate Generalization About Health

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate generalization about health and sanitation at the Civil War battlefront?

• A) Neither the Union nor the Confederate government devoted much energy to sanitary measures in hospitals.
• B) Because of the large number of volunteer nurses in northern hospitals, army camps were free from typhoid, malaria, diarrhea, and dysentery.
• C) Although the ratio of disease to battle deaths was much better than during the Mexican War, two-thirds of deaths came from disease rather than battle wounds.
• D) Health conditions at the battlefront were so horrific that women were prohibited from coming within five miles of battlefields.
• E) None of these choices

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