Report A: Report on Military Hygiene and Therapeutics
This item is a report issued by a committee on military surgery to the surgical section of the New York Academy of Medicine regarding military hygiene and therapeutics. The report was printed for circulation by the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
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SANITARY COMMISSION.
A
REPORT
ON
MILITARY HYGIENE
AND
THERAPEUTICS
Report of Committee on Military Surgery to the Surgical Sec-
tion of the New York Academy of Medicine.
PRINTED FOR CIRCULATION BY THE SANITARY COMMISSION.
Your Committee begs leave respectfully to report that
it has directed its attention chiefly to matters of practical
interest which are not discussed in the ordinary books on
surgery. The duties of a military surgeon involve a high
degree of responsibility, and upon their skillful and faith-
ful performance the efficiency and success of armies is
largely dependent. The ancient poet took a correct but
altogether too limited view of the usefulness of military
surgeons, when he uttered the sentiment-
" A wise physician skilled our wounds to heal
Is more than armies to the public weal."
The principal duties of the medical staff of the army are
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