. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AN ARMY DOCTOR IN THE FIELDC. K. lUWINE, SURGEON OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY SEPTEMBER, 1803 Dr. Irwinc is seen seated tothe right of the tent pole,while the assistant surgeonfaces him on the left. Thequarters of a regimentalsurgeon were generally es-tablished on the line of theofficers tents, and he wasusually open to calls at allhours. If he was a strictdisciplinarian, he wouldonly attend what wastermed the doctors callon tlie morning of eachday. The wor
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AN ARMY DOCTOR IN THE FIELDC. K. lUWINE, SURGEON OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY SEPTEMBER, 1803 Dr. Irwinc is seen seated tothe right of the tent pole,while the assistant surgeonfaces him on the left. Thequarters of a regimentalsurgeon were generally es-tablished on the line of theofficers tents, and he wasusually open to calls at allhours. If he was a strictdisciplinarian, he wouldonly attend what wastermed the doctors callon tlie morning of eachday. The words which themen humorously fitted to. the notes of this call went:Come and get your qui-nine, (|uiniuc. quinine; conioand get \our quinine—<iui-i-ni-inel The Seventy-second New York took partin the battle of Gettysburgin July, 186:?, and in thepursuit of Lee, and didduty along the liiu- ofthe Rappaliannock till Oc-tober of that ye:ir. Itswounded were many, andthe surgeons iluties weriexacting during battleand for days thereafter. SURGEON , FIFriETH NEW YORK ENGINEERS
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