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good question..let me know if you get the answer
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A mixture of mercury and chalk called blue powder was given to soldiers with intestinal complaints. Opium, morphine, and quinine were also used by camp doctors and nurses to deal with a wide variety of different medical problems. It was commonly believed that wearing a flannel bans around the waist under the shirt would prevent disease. Large numbers of soldiers died from tuberculosis (consumption). Official records show 6,497 soldiers died of the disease in the Union Army. However, a much larger number were discharged because of poor health and died later. Whiskey, turpentine & mustard plasters were also commonly administered.
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I'm not sure ,tuberculosis was something to do with straning of the neck. Or so Wikipedia says. Check Search Engines?
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TB in that day was treated with a variety of things. All kinds of backwoods remedies were used. most involved inhaling smoke from burning herbs, drinking mixtures of different herbal remedies. the most advanced medical people of that day believed that TB could be treated by fresh air, that was the start of the Sanatoriums. they were basically buildings out in the middle of nowhere and it was believed that the fresh air would clear the lungs. There is actually one near where I live, out in the middle of nowhere, it was built in the 1890's. it is overgrown now, and actually there is no road to get there, but I saw it while doing some hiking
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