. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) . ard labors an<l tho rigors of tho climate-; frost-bites were trtMps were iii)t comj)ktel3 liouse<l until Jan. 3, ISOS. In the mean time the lessens of tli« war were not forgotten by medical and companyofficers and post commanders. EflForts were made to raise such vegetables as were rtdajited to gr<jw in the poil of the garrisoned localiti4*s; ami at postswliore the soil was arii and sterile a larger allowance of ilour or liread was anthorized to admit of the purchase &
. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) . ard labors an<l tho rigors of tho climate-; frost-bites were trtMps were iii)t comj)ktel3 liouse<l until Jan. 3, ISOS. In the mean time the lessens of tli« war were not forgotten by medical and companyofficers and post commanders. EflForts were made to raise such vegetables as were rtdajited to gr<jw in the poil of the garrisoned localiti4*s; ami at postswliore the soil was arii and sterile a larger allowance of ilour or liread was anthorized to admit of the purchase <if articles to vary the diet by nuans ofthe money-value of the unconsunied portions of the ration. In Se])temher, 1807, tho Subr-istenee Depaitment was recjuired to keep on hand liberal sui^-plios of canned fruits ami vegetables for sale to officers for their jKTsonal use and company messes. Tho effect of these measures was s0 in the rexlmtiou uf the annual rate of scuny to per thousand of strength. Since tliat time the disease lias ln-en i)ractically excluded from. SCURVY. men had been enrolled, tlie rate of scurvy was ]-v , or nearly double tlie rateof the white troops when tin. (-pilrnue in the Army of the pMimnac raisril it to its this a cachectic condition must he inferred as liavinu in existence at the time oftheir eidistmcut; and this seems the more likely when it is considered that mo<t of themhad endtued manv hardships in those disturbed times before their adnussion into tlie serviceuave them a position and resources. The tendencv of the colored men to succumli undermorljitlc influences, a reference to which has already lieen made;-= min-ht be sui^crested inexplanation of the extension of scorbutic disease among them, and the Iemarks of SurgionH. AY. IjKowk, -ith Corps ],)Afri(]ue, submitted below, might be cited in suppoit of this view:but this is manifestly inconsistent with the fact that during the last half of \]i
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