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  • Convalescing Civil War soldiers with crutches

    The Post-Civil War Opioid Crisis

    Many servicemen became addicted to opioids prescribed during the war. Society viewed their dependency as a lack of manliness.
    by Jonathan S. Jones, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on July 9, 2023
  • DR. JOHN J. CRAVEN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH AND THE PHYSICIAN WHO LATER ATTENDED JEFFERSON DAVIS, PERFORMS AN OPERATION DURING THE 1863 SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. THE DOCTOR APPEARS TO BE APPLYING A SPLINT TO THE LEG OF A PATIENT WHILE A MAN BEHIND HIM SEEMS TO BE HOLDING A WHITE COTTON CLOTH, LIKELY SOAKED IN CHLOROFORM, OVER THE PATIENT'S MOUTH AND FACE. | LOCATION: MORRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. (PHOTO BY CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES)

    America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before

    America’s first opioid crisis came after its bloodiest war, but the lessons of the original debacle have been lost in history.
    by Jonathan S. Jones via Vice on April 9, 2021
  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in Austin
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    Though Often Mythologized, the Texas Rangers Have an Ugly History of Brutality

    Teaching accurate history about white supremacy may be painful, but it's essential.
    by Jonathan S. Jones via Made By History on September 21, 2020
  • Screen shot from Red Dead Redemption 2, of a man in western clothing smoking a cigarette.

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Confronts the Racist Past and Lets You Do Something About It

    Poke around the game’s fictional South and you’ll find cross-burning Klansmen, whom you are free to kill.
    by Jonathan S. Jones via Slate on February 4, 2019

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Photos of Civil War veterans showing injuries and amputations.

America’s First Opioid Crisis Grew Out Of the Carnage Of The Civil War

Tens of thousands of sick and injured soldiers became addicted.
by Michael E. Ruane via Retropolis on December 1, 2021
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