Ten years in Washington : Life and scenes in the national capital, as a woman sees them . ortions, but theycreated important Bureaus which have survived to flourishin times of peace; of these, none are so interesting, bothto scientists and to citizens, as those connected with themedical history of the war. It may not be universallyknown to the public, but the medical profession has longbeen aware that the immense collection of cases andtreatment, recorded in the field and hospital experiences-of the late war, was being examined, condensed, tabu-lated, and the valuable conclusion, deducible the
Ten years in Washington : Life and scenes in the national capital, as a woman sees them . ortions, but theycreated important Bureaus which have survived to flourishin times of peace; of these, none are so interesting, bothto scientists and to citizens, as those connected with themedical history of the war. It may not be universallyknown to the public, but the medical profession has longbeen aware that the immense collection of cases andtreatment, recorded in the field and hospital experiences-of the late war, was being examined, condensed, tabu-lated, and the valuable conclusion, deducible therefrom,prepared for publication, under the direction of the Sur-geon General of the army. During the past few years circulars or detached por-tions of the work, of special interest, have been issued,and this spring two quarto volumes, being the first partsof the first two volumes of the entire work, have beengiven to the world. Part I. of Volume I. is devoted to medical history, andhas been compiled by Dr. Woodward, an assistant-sur-geon of the army. This is a volume of eleven hundred. THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR. 467 pages, and is divided into two parts and an parts give the statistics of disease and death, respect-ively, of white and colored troops. The appendix consistsof reports and statements of medical officers and theirsuperiors. Part I. of Volume 11. commences the surgical history,and is the work of Dr. Otis, also an assistant-surgeon ofthe army, and well known as the curator of the ArmyMedical Museum. It contains nearly eight hundredpages, and is illustrated by numerous photo-lithographsof gunshot wounds, stumps of amputated limbs, and va-rious other injuries of the human body—all evidences ofthe cruelties of war. The merit of the conception of this vast undertaking,is due to the former Surgeon-General, Dr. Hammond,now the distinguished physician of New York city. In 1862 he devised the form and routine for copious andprecise returns of hospital treat
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