The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-08

them at least, l have the boldness to
write you again, because in doing s.
can easily forget the many mics that are
between us, and feel as ii We were face to
face. Our hospital is now pretty full,
there being nearly $50 patients; the ma
jorlty however are cases Of sickness and
not wounds. As | stated before the
number of killed aud wounded is gradu-
ally being simmered down until probably
1,eOO will cover the whole loss. Troops
continue to pour in by the thousands
and very extensive preparations are be-
ing made to regain the loss they sustain
ed at Bull Run. OF all these things,
though, the lightning winged telegraph
apprises you long ere the lines l pen can
reach your distant homes.
| have now tried Hospital life and du-
ties for a week and can speak a little
from experience, of the duties and re-
sponsibilities as we'll as the comforts and
advantages of such institutions We
have as medical force one senior surgeon
and four assistant surgeons, with two
surgical drcssers or cadets | have in
my ward, which is surgical one, two
coIored male assistants and two female
nurses besides the steward aud ward.
master, whose duties extend to all the
wards alike
have one medical case, patient with
dysentery, in whom have had partic
uar interest, but who will die to day
most probably. He is a Scotchman and
has been but a short inc in this couu-
try lie with thousands of others WHO
have tasted of monarchlal governments
has come on here to support the hoaor
and integrity of the hest government the
sun has ever shone upon His wife and
family are in Scotland He is about 40
years of age and very fine intellectual
looking man. Poor fellow he feels now
that he Is dying among strangers When
he was well aud hearty he could take care
of himself and got along well but now he
is helpless. KIM but strangers hands
his brow and wipe therefrom the
persplration as it stands 10 great crystal
beads. His means o. anguish and pain
are upheard save by strangers. sat by
bis bedside yeste' day and talked long
while with him and he told NE of his
distant friends, and with tears in his
eyes he thanked me for my kindness to
him, stranger as he was. He told me
that he lorged to die and says his peace
is made with God" | do feel SO sorry
for him as his large black eyes follow me
around the wrrd and feel SO happy in
the consciousness that | can de- some
thing to soothe him IN his anguish. I
shall never forget poor Walter love
the position | am in just because | can
do SO much good. alw Us was thee
retical philanthropis, and now have
splendid opportunity of being practically
SO. | have always felt that:
Il care not whether meath the sky or sea
Where erst the flowers bloomed, sleep,
If friends as my poor life they
Read oniy this: He W, FRIEND t y 49,
But w. dig,ea-vd "pnd~r.uny ana l. /.
81 ,o2ether too p,r-ouai-top egoti,,ic
Oar patients are all getting al rg fine
Iy; they seem to be in very fine spirits
aud seem ready to do battle again Tor
their couGtry We have very fine large
rooms and very good accommodation,
We were visited to day b the distln-
guished Sanitary Commii,a5,' of \ "
Gross, OF j Jefferson Medical College. Phi
'delphla. With IT," former was Prof
' an Buren, Of the New York University.
70 whose lectures used to listen with
50 much pleasure and whose name IS on
my ''sheep skin Prof. Gross is the
most distinguished surgeon in America.
also had the leasure of attending his /
ectures in the fall of So and 81. You
nay be sure | was pleased to see them
md was hat,eringly congratulated bv
hem as being very fortunate in obtain,
ng the position have. We have beau.
iful boquets of flowers, in the wards,
canary birds, books, papers, tracts, tesla
nents, and great variety of Il iDgs to
interest, amuse and instruct the poor
elbows under our care You would be
to see how they enjoy them
selves. The SANITARY Committee" speak
'ery highly of our Institution and our
hedcal Purveyor says it is the best Hos,
oital in the District The soldiers are
NJ fond of religious reading and are very
,entlemaDly in their department l have
lot heard an oath among them in the
Hospital. Many of them have boen
sabbath shool teachers and superintend-
nts, and when the church bells rang
his morning they seemed perfectly en-
hanted with the sound
Speaking of the cruelty of the South,
ne Of them said to-day that he saw his
wn Captain ''quartered, literally quar-
ered' by some rebels. It is late-I must
isit my ward Good bye.
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