The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-09


fact that all varieties OF medical sup
plies repaired or asked fo- were fur.
nished both from Washington and
from medical headquarters at the
camp wiz. the greatest promptness.'
Refuse burned In - Crcamstory.
1t is stated in addition that all the
hospital refuse is burned in crema.
tory, and according To Maj. Griffen all
of the loo patients now sick in the en-.
tire camp could be safely moved now.
The diseases are more OF typho-ma-
larial character than of typhoid fever
strictly, the dc ath rate being very low,
about eight per cent. OF the worst
cases.
fioored and Clean as Possible To Be Kept.
The field hospital. in charge OF Maj
Drake, is hoored with planned lumber,
and it is as clean rs is possible, being
scrubbed with carbolic acid water and
treated with bi-chloride of mercury
every other day. All the patients are
on cots and never have been on the
ground for any length of time. None
OF the 60 cents allowed per man for
dclicacies has been used, as it was not
needed
The report says of this hospital:
Preferred To Remain In the Hospital to
Being sent Home.
There have been in this hospital at
various times l6l patients from the
Eighth New York volunteers. The
reports show that in great many
cases it was difficult to tell that any
thing was the matter with them
Only ten per cent of the cases of sick.
ness from this regiment were reported
as in any way serious, and when it was
rumored that the regiment was to be
sent home. several of those in the hos.
pital asked not to be sent. but to be al.
lowed to remain throughout their con.
valescence."
The report states that in times when
the hospital was crowded there was a
lack of nurses, the deficiency being
supplied by details from the regiments,
which were not as satisfactory us
trained nurses.
The Nurses are Overworked.
..As result of this inadequate
force, says the report, 1.-The force r.o-
vided has been hard worked. but IN all
cases they have stuck 10 their posts
and performed their work with great
energy, until sickness overlook con-
siderable number. The places of the
sick have been filled by nurses
from the surgeon-generals department.
The exhausting character of the work
performed by these nurses is shown by
the fact that about onef outh of them
have thoroughly exhausted their
strength and are now ting in quar-
tiers.
Gen. Boynton shows that there is
full refrigerator capacity for this
hospital, porcelain-lined baths. ster-
ilized and iced water and every con-
venicnce
In the Malignant Typhoid Ward.
In the malignant typhoid ward there
have been but two deaths out of 30
cases in three weeks. He says that
both the medical officers and the hos
pital attendants at this hospital have
performed their duty with
energy and efficiency, and the best test
of all this is shown by the fact that so
many of them have thoroughly ex-
hausted themselves and fallen sick I'M
der their labors. 1t is also true that
many of them have continued to work
after they had been pronounced sick.
The report continues at great length
to show the clean and commendable
condition of the hospitals and the hos.
pital service, and then takes up the
adverse report of Gen. Terry, and
shows that it is false and wickedly
nislo aiding in almost every particular
Ind wholly unworthy of belief.