. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . by convales-cents, on the hospital grounds. Here, as at the Chimborazo Hospital, it was sometimesdifficult to secure food suitable for the sick, and thereforeDoctor Lane had two canal-boats constructed, which maderegular trips up the Kanawha Canal, bringing back what-ever supplies could be found in the country nearer the moun-tains, as yet undrained by the demands of the armies. Thebakery had a capacity somewhat larger than was necessary forthe hospital, and at times
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . by convales-cents, on the hospital grounds. Here, as at the Chimborazo Hospital, it was sometimesdifficult to secure food suitable for the sick, and thereforeDoctor Lane had two canal-boats constructed, which maderegular trips up the Kanawha Canal, bringing back what-ever supplies could be found in the country nearer the moun-tains, as yet undrained by the demands of the armies. Thebakery had a capacity somewhat larger than was necessary forthe hospital, and at times baked, by contract, a part of thebread for the prisoners in Belle Isle and Libby. From a series of articles prepared by Doctor Samuel , Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee, we learnthat the change of climate caused much sickness amongthe troops drawn from the Gulf States to Tennessee andKentucky during the winter of 1861-62, and that only bythe greatest exertions was Medical Director Yandell able toprovide for the care of the sick. Most of these were sent to * Southern Practitioner, vol. xxvi, p. 49-1. [284]. AN AFTERNOON CONCERT AT THE OFFICERS QUARTERS, HAREWOOD HOSPITAL, NEAR WASHINGTON Hospital life for those well enoughto enjoy it was far from the white-clad nurse withher prim apron and hoopskirton the right of the photograph,and the band on the left. Mosthospitals had excellent librariesand a full supply of current news-papers and periodicals, usuallypresented gratuitously. Many ofthe larger ones organized andmaintained bands for the amuse-ment of the patients; they alsoprovided lectures, concerts, andtheatrical and other entertain-ments. A hospital near the frontreceiving cases of the most severecharacter might have a death-rateas high as twelve per cent., whilethose farther in the rear mighthave a very much lower death-rate of but six, four, or even two
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