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not admitting the employment of two-wheeled carriages;
and general hospitals should contain sufficient space to al-
said litters to be composed of a canvas bed similar to the
low not less than eight hundred cubic feet of air for each
present stretcher, and of two poles, each sixteen feet long,
patient. The horizontal space should be not less than 6 by
to be made in sections with head and foot pieces, construe-
6
feet for each patient. Large public buildings, such as
ted to act as stretchers to keep the poles apart."
churches, concert-rooms and public halls, are commonly
Also, that " the allowance of hospital attendants in the
employed as general military hospitals. It is often neces-
field will be, for one company, one steward, one nurse,
sary to make extensive alterations to adapt them to their
and one cook ; for each additional company, one nurse ;
new use. Special regard should be paid to ventilation.
and for commands of over five companies, one additional
The doors and windows usually require to be enlarged, es-
cook."
pecially in an upward and downward direction ; or numer-
The Army Board also recommend hospital tents of the
ous holes six inches square may be made through the walls
following dimensions : "In length 14 feet; in width 15
near the floors and ceilings. There should be doors and
feet ; in height (centre) 11 feet, with a wall feet, and a
windows opposite to each other, so as to allow the air to
fly of appropriate size. The ridge pole to be made in two
pass freely through in all directions. The patients should
sections, and to measure 14 feet when joined. The Board
not be placed in stories below the level of the ground, or
contemplate that such a tent will accommodate 8 to 10 pa-
but slightly raised above it, as experience has shown that
tients comfortably. It is evident, however, that the space
the upper stories are much more salubrious. The beds
allowed for each patient is altogether too small, amounting
should be raised from the floor, being placed on iron bed-
to only a little more than 160 cubic feet for each patient.
steads whenever they can be obtained. No two bedsteads
In making arrangements for the care of sick and wounded
should be in contact, and none should touch the walls of
soldiers, there should be hospital tents erected as near as
the room. No unnecessary articles should be in the wards,
possible to the field of battle, so that dressings and opera-
as they occupy valuable space, and absorb noxious vapors.
tions which are urgently required, may be performed with-
Care should be taken that the windows do not open upon
out any unnecessary delay. There should also be regi-
any receptacles of foul air. Besides the principal hospital
mental hospitals, which may be constructed as tents, huts,
buildings there should be small detached houses reserved
or more permanent buildings, according to the season of
for special cases. Near the entrance of the town some
the year and the character of the military operations.
building or tents should be selected as a receiving hospital,
Each regimental hospital should have accommodations for
where the wounded should be brought and properly
fifty to one hundred patients. There should also be gen-
cleansed, wounds dressed, and suitable hospital clothes
eral hospitals at the base of operations, and in these there
provided ; and then they should be forwarded to the per-
should be ample accommodations for all the patients which
manent hospital. Great attention should be paid to privies
may be sent to them from the regimental hospitals, or di-
and drains connected with the hospital, to prevent them
rectly from the camps or the battle-field. The regimental
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