. The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army . r miles fromPhiladelphia, on ground which sloped gently and regularly to a neighboring creek. The pavilion buildings, 18 innumber, radiated from a closed corridor 16 feet wide, which was laid in the form of au elongated figure with parallelsides and rounded ends. At the middle of its length, on one side, were the cjuarters of the medical officers, aud onthe other the kitchen and lauudry, subsi
. The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army . r miles fromPhiladelphia, on ground which sloped gently and regularly to a neighboring creek. The pavilion buildings, 18 innumber, radiated from a closed corridor 16 feet wide, which was laid in the form of au elongated figure with parallelsides and rounded ends. At the middle of its length, on one side, were the cjuarters of the medical officers, aud onthe other the kitchen and lauudry, subsistence and (luartermaster store-houses, engiue-hcuge and stable. The onlybuilding within the enclosure was that used for offices; it occupied the centre, and was connected by a transversecorridor with the main corridor on either side. Each pavilion was 175 X 20 feet, 13 feet to the eaves and 18 to the apex of the roof. It contained 60 beds forpatients, and had a space partitioned otf at its attached end for use as dining-room and pantry and at its free endfor wardmasters room, lavatory, bath-room and water-closet. A car-track on the corridor facilitated the distribution THE GENERAL HOSPITALS. 931. 932 THE GENERAL HOSPITALS. of food to the wards. The wards were ventilated by the ridge, the openings of which were closed when necessary byfallin shutters. There were also apertures 8 inches square, oi)eued or closed by sliding frames between the windowson the level of the floor, and channels of inflow for winter use under the floor opening near the stoves. The water-closet at the free end of the building was cut ott from the ward by a transverse passageway; it was fitted with a cast-iron trouih and water-supply. The closets communicated by four-inch pipes with a twelve-inch tile-pipe which sur-rounded tlie whole of the hosjiital buildings, and received as well the discharges from the lavatories and inner circuit of twelve-inch sewer-pipe followed the course of the main
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