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| Artificial Limb Factory during The Civil War |
As my Senior Research Project rehearsals commence, I'm concluding my independent research. As you read my conclusion, recall my previous posts because I've used data and sources from those to reach my conclusion.
From
war tents to case studies, bacteria has played its role in altering the
environment around it. For soldiers during the Civil War, bacteria nested
themselves in the stumps of arms and legs. The post-civil war prosthetic
industry changed the experience of the bionic's user. Some veterans claimed that
losing a limb was “a small price to pay for the cause”, but their lives were
enhanced by the onset of the prosthetic industry.[1] Retailers sold limbs of
various craft, and the government gave compensation to wounded soldiers. Nowadays,
the healthcare industry understands the importance of surgery under aseptic
conditions to prevent fatality in post-amputation or post-implant stages, but still caution is critical in preventing the complications with
a bionic device. Throughout history, The Intriguing Connection had links to
amputation, but as technology and the understanding of bacteria advances,
scientists question relationships and causes of the interference of bacteria
between the body and the bionic device.
[1]
Wegner, Ansley. "Phantom Pain: Civil War Amputations and North Carolina's
Maimed Veterans." The North Carolina Historical Review 75.3 (1998):
277-96. Print.
