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 * Topic:** Civil war disease


 * Focus:** Dysentery


 * Reason for choice:**


 * What's your point? (**[|**thesis**]**):** Disease was more deadly than bullets during the civil war

What are four various secondary sources you have found before your research? [] What are two primary sources you have found to help your research? [] []


 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1 Hygiene was a major problem

2 dysentery/ diarrhea was fatal if someone had it

3 Many died from disease

4 There were many sources of sickness

-Often times latrenes were made close to the water supply for convienince - Eating contaminated food could give someone dysentery - If someone with dysentery swims in water then the water becomes contaminted for anyone else that uses it
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts? -That the water would often get contaminated

Sources: -[] -[]

- about 388,580 people died of disease throughout the whole war - dysentery and diarrhea acounted for about 44,558 deaths
 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysentery

2/3 of deaths were from disease Typhoid claiming 34,833 Diarrhea and Dysentery claimed the lives of 44,558 people Malaria with 10,063
 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

Sources []

-Many doctors who saw service in the Civil War had never been to medical school -There was very little medical supplies -Surgeons did not sterilize their bloody knives they used as scalpels
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

Sources []


 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**

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