Muskets and Medicine: Or, Army Life in the SixtiesF. A. Davis Company, 1917 - 276 Seiten |
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... SOME OF THE MORE PREVALENT DISEASES XIX . THE AUTHOR BECOMES AN INVALID XX . - ON THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1864 XXI . - AUNT TILDA 139 145 152 157 . 167 185 190 CHAPTER PAGE XXII - HOW THE SOLDIERS RECEIVED THEIR MONEY ( 7 )
... SOME OF THE MORE PREVALENT DISEASES XIX . THE AUTHOR BECOMES AN INVALID XX . - ON THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1864 XXI . - AUNT TILDA 139 145 152 157 . 167 185 190 CHAPTER PAGE XXII - HOW THE SOLDIERS RECEIVED THEIR MONEY ( 7 )
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... disease entities , and consequently the operation of appendectomy had not yet been devised . Had there been recognized such a dis- ease as appendicitis , or had there been such an operation as appendectomy , the outcome might have been ...
... disease entities , and consequently the operation of appendectomy had not yet been devised . Had there been recognized such a dis- ease as appendicitis , or had there been such an operation as appendectomy , the outcome might have been ...
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... disease that appendectomists have nearly , or quite , crowded out of the category of human ailments . Doubtless , my trouble was due to an attack of acute indigestion , in turn due to too many amateur cooks ( among whom I had been one ) ...
... disease that appendectomists have nearly , or quite , crowded out of the category of human ailments . Doubtless , my trouble was due to an attack of acute indigestion , in turn due to too many amateur cooks ( among whom I had been one ) ...
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... disease was measles . Quite a proportion of the newly - enlisted men had never had measles , and among this class that disease played havoc . A number of great strapping fellows were soon attacked with it , some of whom died , others ...
... disease was measles . Quite a proportion of the newly - enlisted men had never had measles , and among this class that disease played havoc . A number of great strapping fellows were soon attacked with it , some of whom died , others ...
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... disease . When it attacked the face , its favorite site , the features were horribly swollen and distorted , the eyes closed , and when all was painted over with iodine , a frequent local remedy , the sufferer's countenance was as ...
... disease . When it attacked the face , its favorite site , the features were horribly swollen and distorted , the eyes closed , and when all was painted over with iodine , a frequent local remedy , the sufferer's countenance was as ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 231 - Kind messages, that pass from land to land ; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand, — One touch of fire, — and all the rest is mystery!
Seite 157 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Seite 102 - Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Seite 223 - Much benefit is anticipated from this measure, though far less than would have resulted from its adoption at an earlier date, so as to afford time for their organization and instruction during the winter months.
Seite 223 - That, in order to provide additional forces to repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Confederate States, secure their independence, and preserve their institutions, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to ask for and accept from the owners of slaves, the services of such number of ablebodied negro men as he may deem expedient, for and during the war, to perform military service in whatever capacity he may direct.
Seite 129 - In the field we almost never had sheets and white pillow cases, but made use of army blankets that were made of the coarsest, roughest fiber imaginable. In warm weather the walls of the tent were raised, which made it much more pleasant for the occupants. However, the policy that obtained was to send those who were not likely to recover quickly to the base hospitals, though this was not always to the patient's best interests, for these larger hospitals were oftentimes centers of infection of one...
Seite 231 - For a letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection, And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.
Seite 48 - THE flags of war like storm-birds fly, The charging trumpets blow ; Yet rolls no thunder in the sky, No earthquake strives below. And, calm and patient, Nature keeps Her ancient promise well, Though o'er her bloom and greenness sweeps The battle's breath of hell.
Seite 20 - ... but that the country being overrun by the contending armies everything had been "stripped off," and he was glad to get away. His family had gone to some relatives in Indiana, while he sought to earn a little money by hard work. He was the first Union refugee I had seen up to that time. The Battle of Bull Run in the East, and Wilson's Creek in the West, were the principal engagements during the summer of 1861. I remember anxiously watching the papers during the summer and autumn of that year,...
Seite 129 - IN the field the Regimental Hospital department was allowed two small tents for the officers, medicines, etc. ; another small tent for the kitchen department and supplies, and a larger one for the sick. This last, known as the hospital tent, was about fourteen feet square and was capable of containing eight cots with as many patients.