. 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 . two opposite sides and some narrow hall- or-passage-ways at points corresponding with the division of the building into wards, etc. AsstSurgeon J. E. Semple, U. S. Army, expressed satisfaction with this arrangement as facili-tating administration, but it is evident that in so doing he compared it only with the .samearea of continuous ward-room extending lengthwise away from a medical headquart
. 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 . two opposite sides and some narrow hall- or-passage-ways at points corresponding with the division of the building into wards, etc. AsstSurgeon J. E. Semple, U. S. Army, expressed satisfaction with this arrangement as facili-tating administration, but it is evident that in so doing he compared it only with the .samearea of continuous ward-room extending lengthwise away from a medical headquarters. As; \ 916 THE GENERAL HOSPITALS. the situation of this building exposed it fully to the sea breeze, its inmates probably sufferedlittle inconvenience or harm from the unbroken line of its outer wall. The Hospital at Hilton Head, S. C, was ori^anized March 1,1862, in an old bnildiu;; that had been used forhospital purposes by the rebels prior to the capture of this point bj theU. S. forces. But aliout the end of the monththe patients were removed tu a new building which had been speciallj- erected as a general hospital. This was situ- a U i U I LJ 5 n ET U|U|U|U||u|UiU a u :M: NORTH ELEVATION. Hilton Head Hospital, —1, 1, 1, 1, Wards; 2, Dining-room; 3,3,3,3, ; 4, OflRce : 5, Private room ; r., Dispensary ; 7, Reading-room;8, Oporating-room; 9 and 10, Snrgeons rooms; 11, Kitchen; 12, Store-roora; 13, Batliing- and clotliing-room ; 11, 14, Gateways. Tlic building is sur-rounded inside and out liy a vi-randa indicated Iiy the faint line. ated on the seashore on a sandy loam, formerly a cotton field. On the southwest, northwest and northeast, at a dis-tance of about half a mile, there were large swamps with rankly growing weeds, palmetto palms, etc. A good dealof labor was expended in removing the more objectionable features of these malarial surroundings. The building,under a continuous roof, formed the four sides of a hollow stxuare, constituting an enclosed y
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