The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-07
ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Report Of Surgeon-General Bnrnes - Nor
taIitv Among White and Colored Troops
The MedicBi nnd Surgical History OF the
Wur.

Report Of surgeou-General Barnes - Nor
IaIitv Among White and Colored Troops
The MedicBi nnd Surgical History OF the
War.
The substance of Surgeon General Barnes re-
port to Secretary Belknap is given below
SICK AND WOUNDED.
The monthly reports OF sick aud wounded
ccived at this Office for the fiscal year terminating
June 80, 1870, represent an annual average mean
Among the white troops the total number Of
cases OF all kinds reported, as taken on the sick
list was 625so being at the rate of 2l56 per 1000 of
OF these, 5a ss6 or 1865 per 1000 of strength
for disease alone, and STA cases. 3O1 per 1000 of
strength, were wounds accidents, and injuries The
average number constantly on sick report was 14l9,
40 per 1000 OF strength OF these 1856, or 40 per
1000 OF strength, under treatment for disease
and 263, per 1000 OF strength for wounds, acct
dents, and injuries. The total number OF deaths
ported was 374 or 10 per 1000 OF mean strength or
these, 249, or per 1000 of strength, died OF dis
ease and 1875, or 4 per 1000 OF strength, OF
tality rate for white troops from disease shows
considerable Improvement over the ratios OF former
years. The comparatively large mortality from
wounds accidents and in juries is explained by the
Indian hostilties, which still continue to exist. 1t
is to be regretted that the figures representing the
are not so favorable. The proper OF deaths
from all causes to cases treated was one death to
16I cases.
REPORTS FROM CoLoRED TROOPS.
The reports from the colOred troops give the fol-
lowing figures, which do not include the white
offcers The total number OF cases OF all kinds
ported 62O6, 1922 per 1000 OF strength. or
these 5i79 1908 per 1000 OF strength, were cases
OF disease ana 72O or 23 per 1000 OF strength, were
wounds accidents, and injuries. The average mum
Der constantly ON sieS report was los, or %
per 1000 OF strength, OF whom 14s, or 4s per
80, or 8 per 1000, for wounds, accidents, and
injuries The number OF deaths from all causes re-
ported 66, 19 per 1000 OF strength. or these,
81 or is per 1000 OF strength died OF disease, and 5
or per 10oO OF wounds accidents, and injuries. lt
w Se s e Se
troops agrees with that among the white troops,
their rate Of mortality from disease alone is nearly
ID cases treated was TO "a cases.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WAR HISTORY
The printing OF the medical volume OF the first
War" is near completion. This volume embraces
the statistical tables representing the sickness NOR
taty, and discharges from service on surgeons
certificate of disability, OF white and colored troops
! during the war, and viii be work OF nearly 100
tasles were stereotyped as they were finished
and b before nnally sendlng them 10
ey and s mase 10 S.S
raey. With this volume viii be bound the appendix
to the irst part OF the Medical and Surgical His,
tory OF the War;" containing the reports OF Medical
Directors and other appended documonts-aoout 400
pages. The whole OF the manuscript for the surgical
volume OF the 1rst part OF the "Aediesl and Surgical
History of the War authorized by the act OF Con-
gress approved March 5, 1862 is now prepared, and
several Of the more Important subjects that would
belong to the second volume, as, for example, the
tabular statements discussions, histories OF typical
cases h 90 R9a M woSa Ga ana and s19
eXcisiOns. are nearly perfected. Besides this,
the surgical statistics OF the army for the i've years
| succeeding the have been consolidated and
arranged for publication, and much Information
has been furnished to authenticate just claims OF
applicants and to defeat those that were fraudulent
under the act OF Congress authorizing the issue OF
artificial limbs 70 mutiated soldiers and seamen.
The effect OF this law, In bringing TO Washington
large number OF pensioners to preseni their
claims has permitted the study OF the remote
| effects of injuries and multi atoms. The peculiar
value which the surgical data OF the late war
| have acquired, in consequence OF the measures
taken to trace the ulteror results OF the more i'm
| portant cases. cannot be oyerestmated. In the re-
ports OF the surgery OF European wars and Of cam
pagns in India, AbyssiRia, and elsewhere, the his
| tory of cases terminate when the men were in
vaded or discharged. Although the elaborate re-
ports OF the casualties OF the French armies IN the
\ Crmean and Italian wars were published in 1865
and 1862 after interval OF ten years from the
cusion OF hostities n each case, no information 10
given subsequent to the date Of discharge or pen
| saon.