Medicine and the American Revolution
Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. Poor diet, inadequate sanitation and sometimes a lack of basic medical care caused such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, smallpox and others to decimate the ranks.
Scurvy was a major problem for both the British and American navies, while venereal diseases proved to be a particularly vexing p...
Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. Poor diet, inadequate sanitation and sometimes a lack of basic medical care caused such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, smallpox and others to decimate the ranks.
Scurvy was a major problem for both the British and American navies, while venereal diseases proved to be a particularly vexing p...
