THEME, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Theme:

• The surgeon was well trained in the practice of medicine in the 1840s; however what he practiced was primitive compared to today's standards.

  Goals:

• To discuss medical practices of the1840s.
• To show how an 1840s army hospital operated.

  Objectives: After participating in this program, the students will be able to:

• Besides the surgeon, identify another member of the medical team and describe his/her duties.
• Name at least one common illness affecting personnel at Fort Scott.
• Name at least two methods of treatment (e.g. bloodletting, quinine, purging).
• Identify at least two unsanitary medical practices of the time.

  Suggested Activities:

• Perform a mock surgery on one of the students and demonstrate unsterile surgical
  procedures.
• Have various students act out symptoms of diseases that were common at the time and
  explain standard treatments.