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A diagram with a machinery that has several spools of coil connecting to various batteries.
Diagram of morse key and register.

First telegraph sent, thereby enabling faster medical communication.

1844

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Diagram of morse key and register.

By the Civil War, 15,000 miles of telegraph cable will be laid. This serves to enable the transmission of casualty reports and the national ordering of medical supplies to battle sites, thereby making war more "efficient." This is a significant moment in the emergence of "telehealth."