The Civil War may have been a fight of brother against brother, but it was equally a fight of brother against microbe.
Assessing the harsh realities of Civil War medicine, judged by one practitioner as “the medical Middle Ages.” On the other hand, the cataclysmic conflict promoted singular innovations, discoveries, and advances. Something choreographer and dance innovator Liz Lerman is exploring in a new piece, called HEALING WARS.
