The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-02

and opportunities for observation, and
for clearly estimating the value of the
facts coming under his notice were, of
course, vastly superior to mine and as
he states the case stronger than [ dare
to, for fear of being accused of exag-
geration and downright untruth, | re-
produce the major part of his testimony,
embodying also his official report to
Medical Headquarters at Richmond, that
my readers may know how the prison
appeared to the eyes of one who, though
bitter rebel, was still a humane man
and O. conscientious observer, striving to
learn the truth:
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
ITranscrip. from the printed testimony at the
Wirz Trial. pages 6ls to $50. inclusive.I
OCT. 7, 1865.
DIR. Joseph Jones for the prosecution.
By the Judge-Advocate:
Question. Where do you reside? An
swer. In Augusta, Ga.
@. Are you graduate of any medi-
cal college? A. Of the University of
Pennsylvania.
@. How long have you been engaged
in the practice of medicine? A. Eight
years.
@. Has your experience been as a
practitioner, or rather as an investigator
of medicine as science? A. Both.
@. What position do you hold now :?
A. That of Medical Chemist in the
Medical College of Georgia, at Augusta.
@. How long have you held your
position in that college? A. Since
1858.
@. How were you employed during
the rebellion? A. | served six months
in the early part of it as private in
the ranks, and the rest of the time IN
the Medical Department.
O. Under the direction of whom ?
A. Under the direction of DIR. Moore,
Surgeon-General.
@. Did you, while acting under his
direction, visit Andersonville, profess
sionally? A. Yes, sir.
@. For the purpose of making in
vestigations there? A. For the pur-
pose of prosecuting investigations or
dered by the Surgeon-General.
@. You went there in obedience to a
letter of instructions? A. In obedience
] to orders which | received.
@. Did you reduce the results of
your investigations to the shape of a
report? A. [ was engaged at that
work when Gen. johnston surrendered
his army.
CA document being handed to wit
ness.) @. Have you examined this
extract from your report and compared
it with the original? A. Yes, sir; |
have.
@. Is it accurate? A. So far as my
examination extended, it is accurate.
The document just examined by wit
ness was offered in evidence, and is as
follows:
Observations upon the diseases of the
Federal prisoners confined in Camp
Sumter, Andersonville, in Sumter
County, Ga, instituted with a view to
illustrate chiefly the origin and causes
of hospital gangrene, the relations of
continued and malarial fevers, and the
pathology of camp diarrhea and dyson
terry, by Joseph Jones, Surgeon p. a. c.
S., Professor of Medical Chemistry in
the Medical College of Georgia, at Au-
gusta, Ga.
CLEARING Of the unusual mortality
among the Federal prisoners confined at
Andersonville, Ga, in the month of
August. 1864, during visit to Rich
mond, Va, l expressed to the Surgeon
General, S. P. Moore, Confederate States
of America, desire to visit Camp Sum
ter, with the design of instituting series
of inquiries upon the nature and causes
of the prevailing diseases. Smallpox
had appeared among the prisoners, and
| believed that this would prove an ad-
mirab!e field for the establishment OF Its
characteristic LESSONS. The condition I'll
Peyer's glands in this disease was Goa
sidered as worthy of minute invcs;ig;-
ton. It was believed that large body