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Field hospitals were very important to the war. Field hospitals had nurses and doctors caring for the ones who were wounded. Some wounds were really bad or some were small but could be badly infected. There were lots of sicknesses that were spreading during the war and got to some of the soldiers.

A popular sickness in the war was shell shock. Shell shock was created by the trauma of the war. It was a stress reaction to a physical or physiological injury. Another health problem involved gas victims which came from chemical weapons or a gas attack that came straight through into the lungs. Lice were also part of the popular sicknesses in the war. Lice was a bug that spread through the head and created infections, it was very contagious. Influenza was just like the flu and was very common. It is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system and goes through your nose, throat, and lungs. The popular sicknesses that were treated were treated in harsh conditions. Harsh weather and limited equipment was not good for the bad wounds. There was also long hours of care that the nurses and doctors had to work on. The types of medicines they would use were mostly painkillers, Dakin solution, a few types of anesthetics, and also doing blood transfusions. Most field hospitals and doctors were found 8-10 miles behind the line, driving ambulances, at evacuation stations, or base. Thousands volunteered, men, and women all wanted to help at the field hospitals.

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