The Western Sanitary Commission; a sketch of its origin, history, labors for the sick and wounded of the Western armies, and aid given to freedmen and Union refugees, with incidents of hospital life.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781425511753
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: THE first organized attempt to mitigate the horrors of war, to prevent disease and save the lives of those engaged in military service, by sanitary measures and a more careful nursing of the sick and wounded, was made by a commission appointed by the British Government during the Crimean war, to inquire into the terrible mortality from disease that attended the British army at Sebastopol, and to apply the needed remedies.