. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . a. AN ARMY DOCTOR IN THE FIELDC. K. IRWINE, SURGEON OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY SEPTEMBER, 1863 Dr. Irwine 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 the morning of eachday. The w
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . a. AN ARMY DOCTOR IN THE FIELDC. K. IRWINE, SURGEON OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY SEPTEMBER, 1863 Dr. Irwine 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 the morning of eachday. The words which themen humorously fitted to . *» j _ 4. mmmw ^* i W mm BiKtT-j^Lj—cia fc . . «* * ■ m- - .s - the notes of this call went:Come and get your qui-nine, quinine, quinine; comeand get your quinine—qui-i-ni-ine! The Seventy-second New York took partin the battle of Gettysburgin July. lS(!:i. and in thepursuit of Lee, and didduty along the line ofthe Rappahannock till Oc-tober of that year. Itswounded were many, andthe surgeons duties wereexacting during battleand for davs thereafter. SURGEON HAWKES, FIFTIETH
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