The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-08
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nAOoSA Vic uIOdulIy ana KlnQDeSS o.
DR.. Thompson, Surgeon in charge of the
Marine Hospital, we were conveyed
,.s.. thither yesterday, and from thence
accompanied by him and Dr. johnson tc
''a Hospital Ne |, and will give our read
ss ers the benefit of our observations, as
Ear IS time aud space will permit.
TIE MARINE HOSPITAL
Is located eathe bank of the river, en-
closed in a beautiful iron fence, and oc-
eupying foUr acres of ground, which is
beautifully and tastefully set out with
fruit trees of different kinds, and is kept
is scrupuloassy meat and free from all dirt
or unoleanliness. The building is OF
rs, -. brick, four stories high, and surmounted
with cupola, and is very substantial
3 + and finely anranged edifce We were
shown through it by Drs. Thompson and
Johnston, who seemed to be very popular
with the inRalids aud convalescents
We walked through the different wards,
and confess to no little surprise at the
extreme tidiness aud regularity every
where apparent Certainly everything
that the heart of "a sick or wounded sob
der could wish for is here provided
good, cool, well ventilated rooms, atten-
tive surgeons and nurses, excellent beds.
s3 0aud plenty of wholesome food. There
are thirty-six different wards, besides the
attendants rooms, linen room, dining
room, and the culinary department.
The invalids were lying on their cots,
while the conRalescents were enjoying
themselves in different ways--some
lounging about the ~erandas, some read.
ing. and others playing at innocent
games Everywhere they greeted us
with smiles, and seemed to look as with
a feeling of reverence at their surgeons.
We were shown patient who was
brought TO the hospital short time ago,
whose case was almost considered hope
32T less, The surgeons amputated his shat
tered leg, aud he is now nearly GONZALES
cent. Another had a bad wound in the
thigh and gangreen in its worst form had
set in, so that the flesh had sloughed off
for about six or seven inches in dame
ter, but the skillful treatment he had re-
ceived had made him, also, nearly con-
yaleseent We we're shown into the lin
b en- room, where we saw piles of mattresses,
sheets, blankets, pillow slips, ETC., IN
great abundance, and we will here add
that all the beds are supplied with mos
quito bars, am actual necessity in these
days of mosquitoes innumerable. The
atmosphere in the wards is as pure as
could be, and it was a great relief to US
to get out of the hot sun into such cool
quarters. 'a
In short, the patients here almost lie
= upon aowery beds of ease," and have
every comfort that their circumstances
will allow. The convalescents in the
hospital have made very nice wardrobes
for the different wards, which does away
with the necessity of hanging their
clothes about On the walls.
After seeing what we could see" in
the wards, we assembled to the cupoia,
where we had fine view of the city and
river. From here we descended to the
dining room and culinary department.
which are In the basement Here ws
found everything in "apple pie order,
and as neat as pin, and we may satel..
saw it is economically administered, a
we were informed that there is credl
Of $500 on the Quartermaster's books 10
a hospital fund,
We were informed by DR. Thompso
tina. he had lately recciveda "Bill of h
,airsr' for the hospital, which will IL
clude the painting of the roof, repairin
the front wall, ETC., and leveling dow
the river bank, and making whai
which will make convenient landin
for Government boats, and also preve
saaJ +be river from washing away the ban
There are in this hospital at present /
na,;ents and 1S9 vacant beds, making
IN ON beds exclusive of those for
tendants. In case of necessity, 800
valids can be here accommodated Frt
here we went TO
HOSPITAL no. l.
This is one of the most commodi'
and well arranged hospitals in the St'
7a1 1t is not quite completed, but when
;shed it will have few parallels. 1t
sists of three separate buildings, 200
long by 35 feet in width, with their
houses and other attachments II
built of frame, the sides, ends, and h'
being double 1t is situated on a h
level piece of ground, about 800 u