Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

I thought it was obvious that violence leads to deaths

Blog#3 Third Quarter
In the UK they have just discovered that violence leads to deaths..... Brilliant, right? It may not be as trivial as you may think. Doctors have now identified that the reason for so many unnecessary deaths in the United Kingdom comes from hospitals inability to treat minor knife and gunshot wounds. The doctors overseas have overlooked simple procedures such as removing bullets and stitching wounds, due to a lack of study in those areas. If the UK devoted more time to training their medical elite more thoroughly then the number of casualties would drastically lower.
During the American Revolution, new weapons were created that allowed troops to fight with guns instead of swords. The new technology for the military far exceeded the medical knowledge of the time. As a result many lives were lost because no one knew the procedure to remove a bullet or to sew up wounds. If medicine had been farther advanced more lives could have been saved and the war may have been won sooner.

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