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* American Revolutionary War: Many surgeons during this time were not licensed practicing physicians, 400 out of 3, 500 doctors were fully licensed, in fact only two universities offered medical degrees which was King's College in New York, and the College of Philadelphia.

At this time there were very few doctors that had equal knowledge as their European counterparts.

They also were not able to produce many remedies for illnesses, only scurvy, malaria, and smallpox.

Most deaths occurred not because of battle, but because of different surgeries because of not knowing the proper techniques and not having proper sterilization.

One study shows that around 50 % of surgeries were fatal.

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