M» "■•fJP^ COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON FLOWERS MEMORIAL COLLECTION DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURHAM, N. C. PRESENTED BY W. W. FLOWERS .i^. Digitized by the Internet Archive in"2010 with funding from Duke University Libraries /www.archive.org/details/regulationsformeOOconf REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERATE STATES ARMY. . RICHMOND, VA. RITCHIE & DUNNAVANT, PRINTERS. 18C1. ^ 73 . 77 ^^ REGULATIONS THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 1. The Surgeon General is charged with the administrative details of the medical department, the government of hospitals, the regula- tion of the duties of surgeons and assistant surgeons, and the appoint- ment of acting medical officers, when needed, for local or detached service. He will issue orders and instructions relating to the profes- sional duties of medical officers ; and all communications from them, which require his action, will be made directly to him. 2. The Medical Director of an army corps will have the general control of the medical officers. -3. The Medical Director will inspect the hospitals under his con- trol, and see that the rules and regulations with regard to them and the duties of the surgeons and assistant surgeons, arc enforced. J:. He will examine the case books, prescription and diet books, and ascertain the nature of diseases which may have prevailed, and their probable causes ; recommend the best method of prevention, and also make such suggestions relative to the situation, construction and economy of the hospitals, as may appear necessary for the benefit and comfort of the sick and the good of the service. -5. From the monthly reports of the medical officers of the com- mand (Form 1), he will make to the Surgeon General a consolidated monthly report of the sick and wounded. G. He will make to the Surgeon General a monthly return (Form 2) of the medical officers of the command. 4 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 7. The Medical Purveyors will, under the direction of the Surgeon General, 2;)urchase all medical and hospital supplies required for the medical department of the arm}^ S. IMedical Purveyors will make to the Surgeon General, at the end of each fiscal quarter, returns in duplicate (Form 3), of medical supplies received, issued and remaining on hand, stating to whom, or from whom, and wlien and where issued or received. Other medical officers in charge of medical supplies will make similar returns semi- annuall}^, on the 30th of June and the 31st of December ; and all medical officers will make them when relieved from the duty to which their returns relate. The returns will show the condition of the stores, and particularly of the instruments, bedding and furniture. Medical purveyors will furnish abstracts of receipts and issues with their returns (Form 4). 9. Medical disbursing officers will, at the end of each fiscal quarter, render to the Surgeon General, in duplicate, a quartei'ly account cur- rent of moneys received and expended, with the proper vouchers for the payments, and certificates that the services have been rendered and the supplies purchased and received for the medical service, aud transmit to him an estimate of the funds required for the next quarter. 10. The medical supplies for the army are prescribed in the Stan- dard Suppl}^ Tables for Hospitals and Field Service. 11. Medical and hospital supplies will be obtained by making re- quisitions, in duplicate (Form 5), on the Surgeon General, forwarding them through the Medical Director of the command. If an army be in the field, and there be a Medical Purveyor in charge of supplies, I'equisitions will be made on him, after receiving the approval of the Medical Director. 12. When it is necessary to purchase medical supplies, and recourse cannot be had to a medical disbursing officer, they may be procured by the quartermaster on a special requisition (Form G), and account (Form 7). 13. In every case of special requisition, a duplicate of the requi- sition sliall, at the same time, be transmitted to the Surgeon General, for his information. 14. An officer transferring medical supplies, will furnish a certified invoice to the officer who is to receive them, and transmit a duplicate REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 6 of it to the Surgoon General. The receiving officer will transmit duplicate receipts (specifying articles and quantities) to the Surgeon General, with a report of the quality and condition of the supplies, and report the same to the issuing oilieer. A medical officer who turns over medical sup^dies lo a quartermaster for storage or trans- portation, will forward to the Surgeon General, with the invoice, the quartermasrer's receipts for the packages. 15. Medical officers will take up and account for all medical sup- plies of the army that come into their possession, and report, when they know it, to whose account they are to be credited. IG. In all official lists of medical supplies, the articles will be entered in the order of the Supply Tables. 17. The senior medical officer of a hospital will distribute the pa- tients, according to convenience, and the nature of their complaints, into wards or divisions, under the particular charge of the several assistant surgeons, and will visit them himself each day as frequently as the state of the sick may require, accompanied by the assistant, steward and nurse. IS. His prescriptions of medicine and diet are written down at once in the proper register, with the name of the patient and the number of his bed; the assistants fill up the diet table for the day, and direct the administration of the prescribed medicines. He will detail an assistant surgeon to remain at the hospital day and night, when the state of the sick requires it. 19. In distributing the duties of his assistants, he will ordinarily require the aid of one in the care and preparation of the hospital re[)orts, registers and records, the rolls aiul descriptive lists; and of another, in the charge of the dispensary, instruments, medicines, hos- pital expenditures, and the preparation of the requisitions and annual returns. 20. He will enforce the proper hospital regulations to promote health and prevent contagion, by ventilated and not crowded rooms,, scrupulous cleanliness, frequent changes of bedding and linen, occa- sional refilling of the bed sacks and pillow ticks with fresh straw, regularity in meals, attention to cooking, &c. 21. He will require the steward to take due care of the hospital stores and supplies ; to enter in a book, daily (Form 8), tiie issues to P60751 6 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. the wardmasters, cooks and nurses ; to prepare the provision returns, and receive and distribute the rations. 22. He vtill require the vi^ardmaster to take charge of the effects of the patients ; to register them in a book (Form 9) ; to have them numbered and Labeled with the patient's name, rank and company; to receive from tlie steward the furniture, bedding, cooking utensils, &c. for use, and keep a record of them (Form 10), and how distri- buted to the wards and kitchens, and once a week to take an inven- tory of the articles in use, and report to him any loss or damage to them, and to return to the steward such as are not required for use. 23. Assistant surgeons will obey the orders of their senior surgeon ; see that subordinate officers do their duty, and aid in enfoi'cing the regulations of the hospital. 24. The cooks and nurses are under the orders of the steward. He is responsible for the cleanliness of the wards and kitchens, pa- tients and attendants, and all articles in use. He will ascertain who are present at sunrise and sunset, and tattoo, and report absentees. 25. At surgeon's call the sick then in the companies will bo con- ducted to the hospital by the first sergeants, who will each hand to the surgeon, in his company book, a list of all the sick of the com- pany, on which the surgeon shall state who are to remain or go into hospital ; who are to return to quarters as sick lor convalescent ; what duties the convalescents in quarters are capable of; what cases are feigned ; and any other information in regard to the sick of the com- pany he may have to communicate to the company commander. 26. Soldiers in hospital, patients or attendants, except stewards, shall be mustered on the rolls of their company, if it be present at the post. 27. When a soldier in hospital is detached from his company so as not to be mustered with it for pay, his company commander shall certify and send to the hospital his descriptive list, and account of pay and clothing, containing all necessary information relating to his accounts with the Confederate States, on which the surgeon shall enter all payments, stoppages, and Issues of clothing to him in hospital. When lie leaves the hospital, the medical officer shall certify and re- mit his descriptive list, showing the state of his accounts. If he is discharged from the service in hospital, the surgeon shall make out REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 7 his final statements for pay and clothing.. If he dies in hospital, the surgeon shall take charge of his effects, and make the reports required in the general regulations concerning soldiers who die absent from their companies. 2S. Patients in hospital are, if possible, to leave their arms and accoutrements with their companies, and in no case to take ammuni- tion into the hospital. 29. When a patient is transferred from one hospital to another, the medical officer shall send with him an account of his case, and the treatment. 30. The regulations for the service of hospitals apply, as far as practicable, to the medical service in the field. 31. The senior medical officer of each hospital, post, regiment or detachment, will k<^ep the following records, and deliver them to his successor: A register of patients (Fofm 11); a prescription and diet book (Form 12) ; a case book ; copies of his requisitions, annual re- turns, and reports of sick and wounded ; and an order and letter book ; in which will be transcribed all orders and letters relating to liis duties. 82. He will make tlie muster and pay rolls of the hospital steward and matrons, and of all soldiers in hospital, sick or on duty, detached from their companies, on the forms furnished from the Adjutant and Inspector General's office, and according to the directions expressed on them. 33. The extra pay allowed to soldiers acting as cooks and nurses in hospitals, will be paid by the Pay Department. Such extra ser- vices will be noted on the hospital muster rolls, and for the sums thus expended, the Pay Department will be reimbursed by the Medical Department. 34. The senior medical officer will select the cooks, nurses and matrons, with the approval of the commanding officer. Cooks and nurses will be taken from the privates, and will be exemjit from other duty, but shall attend the parades for muster and weekly inspection of their companies at the post, unless specially excused by the com- manding officer. >35. Ordinarily, hospital attendants arc allowed as follows : To a 8 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. general hospital, one steward, one nurse as wardmaster, one nurse to ten patients, one matron to twenty, and one cook to thirty ; to a hos- pital, where the command exceeds five companies, one steward and wardmaster, one cook, two matrons, and four nurses ; to a post or garrison of one compan}^, one steward and wardmaster, one nurse, one cook, and one matron ; and for every two companies more, one nurse; at arsenals, where the number of enlisted men is not less than four- teen, one matron is allowed. The allowance of hospital attendants for a regiment in the field will be, for one company, one steward, one nurse and one cook ; for each additional company, one nurse ; and for command of over five companies, one additional cook. 3G. Medical officers, where on duty, will attend the officers and enlisted men, and the servants and laundresses authorized by law ; and at stations where other medical attendance cannot be procured, and on marches, the hired men of the army. Medicines will be dis- pensed to the families of officers and soldiers, and to all persons enti- tled to medical attendance ; hospital stores to enlisted men. 37. Medical officers, in giving certificates of disability (Form 13), are to take particular care in all cases that have not been under their charge ; and especially in epilepsy, convulsions, chronic rheumatism, derangement of the urinary organs, ophthalmia, ulcers, or any obscure disease, liable to be feigned or purposely produced ; and in no case shall such certificate be given until after sufficient time and examina- tion to detect any attempt at deception. 3S. In passing a recruit, the medical officer is to examine him stripped ; to see that he has free use of his limbs ; that his chest is ample ; that his hearing, vision and speech are perfect ; that he has no tumors, or ulcerated or extensively cicatrized legs ; no rup- ture, or chronic cutaneous affection ; that he has not received any contusion, or wound of the head, that may impair his faculties ; that he is not a drunkard ; is not subject to convulsions, and has no infec- tious disorder, nor any other that may unfit him for military service. 39. Medical officers attending recruiting rendezvous will keep a record (Form 14) of all the re.cruits examined by them. Books for this purpose will be procured by application to the Surgeon General, to whom they will be returned when filled. 40. As soon as a recruit joins any regiment or station, he shall be examined by the medical officer, and vaccinated when it is required. EEGULATIOXS FOR THE MEDICAL DErARTMEXT. 9 41. The senior medical officer of each hospital, post, regiment or detachment, will make monthly to the Medical Director, and quar- terly to the Surgeon General, a report of sick and wounded (Form 1), and of deaths, and of certificates for discharge for disability, and transmit to him a cop}?- of the Statement of the Hospital Fund (Form 19). 42. After surgeon's call, he will make a morning report of the sick to the commanding officer (Form 1-5). 43. Every medical officer will report to the Surgeon General and to the Medical Director, th(f date when he arrives at a station, or when he leaves it, and his orders in the case, and at the end of each month, whenever not at his station, whether on service or on leave of absence ; and when on leave of absence, his post-office adtlress for the next month. They will also acknowledge the receipt of all orders relating to their movements. 44. When it is necessary to employ a private physician as medical officer, the commanding officer may do it by written contract, condi- tioned as in Form 10, at a stated compensation, not to exceed $ -50 a month when the number of officers and men, with authorized ser- vants and laundresses, is 100 or more ; $ 40 when it is from 50 to 100, and S 30 when it is under 50. 45. But when he is required to abandon his own business, and give his whole time to the public service, the contract may be not to ex- ceed $80 a month ; and not to exceed $100, besides transportation in kind, to be furnished by the Quartermaster's department, where he is required to accompany troops on marches or transports. But a private physician will not be employed to accompany troo[)s on marches or transports, except by orders from the War Department, or, in particular and urgent cases, by the order of the officer direct- ing the movement ; when a particular statement of the circumstances which make it necessary, will be appended to the contract. 4G. And when a private physician is required to furnish medicines, he will be allowed, besides the li([uidated pay, from 25 to 50 per cent, on it, to be determined by the Surgeon General. 47. In all cases, a duplicate of the contract will be transmitted forthwith by the conmianding officer to the Surgeon General ; and the commanding officer for the time being will at (fnce discontinue it, whenever the necessity for it ceases, or the Surgeon General may so direct. 2 10 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 4S. The physician's account of pay^ue must be sent to the Sur- geon General for payment, vouched by the certificate of the com- manding officer, that it is correct and agreeable to contract, and that the services have been duly rendered. But when it cannot conve- niently be submitted to the Surgeon General from the frontier or the field, it may be paid on the order of the commanding officer, not to exceed the regulated amount, by a medical disbursing officer or a quartermaster. 49. When medical attendance is required by officers or enlisted men on service, or for the authorized servants of such officers, and the attendance of a medical officer cannot be had, the officer, or if there be no officer, then the enlisted man, may employ a private physician, and a just account therefor will be paid by the Medical Bureau. 50. The account will set out the name of the patient, the date of and charge for each visit, and for medicines. The phj^sician will make a certificate to the account in case of an officer, or affidavit in case of an enlisted man, that the account is correct, and the charges are the customary charges of the place. 61. The officer will make his certificate, or the enlisted man his affidavit, to the correctness of the account, that he was on service at the place, and stating the circumstances preventing him from receiv- ing the services of a medical officer. 62. When the charge is against an officer, he will pay the account if practicable, and transmit it to the Medical Bureau for reimburse- ment. In all other cases, the account wdll be transmitted to the Medical Bureau for settlement. 53. If the charge is against a deceased officer or enlisted man, the physician will make the affidavit, before required, to the account, and that he has been paid no part of it. 64. No charges for consultation fees will be paid by the Medical Bureau ; nor will any account for medical attendance or medicines be paid, if the officer or enlisted man be not on service. 65. A board of not less than three medical officers will be ap- pointed from time to time, by the Secretary of War, to examine ap- plicants for appointment of assistant surgeons in the regular anny, REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 11 and assistant surgeons for promotion. And no one shall be so ap- pointed or promoted until so examined and found qualified. 56. The board will scrutinize rigidly the moral habits, professional acquirements, and phj^sical qualifications of the candidates, and report favorably, either for appointment or promotion, in no case admitting of a reasonable doubt. 57. The Secretary of War will designate the applicants to be ex- amined for appointment of assistant surgeon. They must be between 21 and 25 years of age. Tlie board will report their respective me- rits in the several branches of the examination, and their relative merit from the whole ; agreeably whereto, if vacancies happen within two years thereafter, they will receive appointments and take rank in the medical corps. 5S. When an assistant surgeon has served five years, he is subject to be examined for promotion. If he decline the examination, or be found not qualified by moral habits or professional acquirements, he ceases to be a medical officer of the army. 59. An applicant for appointment failing at one examination, may be allowed a second after two years ; but never a third. 60. The Secretaiy of War will appoint, on the recommendation of the Surgeon General, from the enlisted men of the army, or cause to be enlisted, as many competent hospital stewards as the service may require. 61. The senior medical officer of a command requiring a steward, may recommend a competent non-commissioned officer or soldier to be appointed, which recommendation the commanding officer shall forward to the Adjutant and Inspector General of the army, with his remarks thereon, and with the remarks of the company commander. 62. When no competent enlisted man can be procured, the medical officer will report the fact to the Surgeon General. Applications and testimonials of competency, from persons seeking to be enlisted for hospital stewards, may be addressed to the Surgeon General. 63. The commanding officer may re-enlist a hos[)ital steward at the expiration of his tenn of service, on the reconnnendation of the medical officer. ' 12 EEGULATIOXS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 64. Ko soldier or citizen will be recommended for appointment, who is not hioicn to he temperate, honest, and in every way reliable, as well as sufficiently intelligent, and skilled in pharmacy, for the proper discharge of the responsible duties likely to be devolved M^on him. Until this is Icnoivn, he will be appointed an acting steward by the medical officer, with the approval of the commanding officer, and will be entitled to the pay and allowance of hospital steward. G-5. Hospital stewards, appointed by the Secretary of War, when- ever stationed in places whence no post return is made to the adju- tant general's office, or when on furlough, will, at the end of every month, report themselves, by letter, to the Adjutant General and Surgeon General, as well as to the Medical Director of the military department in which they may be serving ; to each of whom they will also report each new assignment to duty, or change of station, ordered in their case, noting carefully the number, date and source of the order directing the same. They will likewise report monthly, wlien on furlough, to the medical officer in charge of the hospital to which they are attached. G6. The jurisdiction and authority of courts martial are the same with reference to hospital stewards as in the cases of other enlisted men. When, however, a hospital steward is sentenced by an infe- rior court to be reduced to the ranks, such sentence, though it may be approved by the reviewing officer, will not be carried into effect until the case has been referred to the General in Chief for final action. In these cases of reduction, the application of the man for discharge from service, though not recognized as of right, will gene- rally be regarded with favor, if his offence has not been of too serious a nature, and especially when he has not been recently promoted from the ranks. 07. As the hospital stewards, appointed by the Secretary of War, are " permanently attached to the Medical Department," their ac- counts of pay, clothing, &c., must be kept by the medical officers under whose immediate direction they are serving, who are also responsible for certified statements of such accounts, and con-ect descriptive lists of such stewards, to accompany them in case of transfer ; as, also, that their final statements and certificates of dis- charge are accurately made out, when they are, at length discharged from service. REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. [It is urged that iiii'ilical officers iiinlse rpquisition onlj' for sueh medicines in tlie following tabic as are deemed indispensable.] Standard Siqiphj Tabic fur General and Post Hosiiitah. ARTICLES. MEDICINES. Acaci.T, Ac-iili acetici, " avseniosi, " benzoici, " citrici, " niuri;itici, " iiitrii'i, " sulpbuvici, " " aroniatici, " taiinii'i, " tavtarici, Actlici'is sulplunici loti, Alc()li(ili,s, Ahiniiiiis, Anunoniaci, Aininoniaj cnrhonatis, " muiiati.s, Antlii'iiiidi.s, Autiinouii et potas.s. tartratis. Argeuti nitratis (crystals), (fused), Arnica^, Assal'retidae, Bisnintlii subnitratis, Caiiij)]iora', Cardaiiionii, Catcdiu, Cer.f albse,* Cciati rt'sin.T, " sinijilicis, " ziiiti f.arbouatis, Cblornfornii, Collodii, Cojiai1)a% Crt'dsoti, Creta- iircparatrp, - Cupii sulpbatis, Eniplastri adlia-sivi, _ - " c-aiitliaradis, iVni. " bvdrarfTvri, " iflitliydcolla'. Extract! bclladoiuia', " biulm tluidi, " colcbici acetici, - " colocviitlii'iis comp. " coloiiiba^ llnidi, " conii, " cubeljjT fluidi, " gcntiaiiip tluidi, - lb. lb. oz. oz. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. oz. 11). 11). bott. lb. lb. oz. lb. lb. oz. oz. oz. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. 11). lb. oz. lb. oz. lb. oz. Yds. ' lb. 11). lb. yds. oz. lb. oz. oz. lb. oz. 11). Quantities for one year fur e ommands of From 100 to 200. 2\ 1 h 8 h T 3 1 ] ] 4 4 2 H •i 2 2 8 From 200 to yoo. From 300 to •100. .'■)00 men. 2 2 4 4 4 48 2 1 ](> 1 2 6 « 2 2 2 8 8 4 16 1 4 4 ]() 4 2 4 10 4 2 4 10 6 2 1 f) 4 2 2 ](i 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 G (1 (5 72 3 2 24 2 3 9 3 3 3 12 12 6 24 2 6 6 24 6 3 6 () 3 C) 9 3 2 9 6 3 3 24 3 3 3 3 8 2.i 4" 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 96 4 32 n 4 12 4 4 4 If) Ifi 8 32 n 8 8 32 8 4 8 20 8 4 8 20 12 4 12 8 4 4 32 4 4 4 4 * To be issued to posts wberc simple cerate cannot be sent %vilhout bccomiDg rancid. 14 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. SUPPLY TABLE FOE HOSPITALS— Continued. Quantities for one year for commands of ARTICLES. From 100 to 2<:)0. From 200 to 300. From 300 to 400. 500 men. 1,000 men. Extract! glycyrrhizae, lb. 6 12 18 24 48 " byoscjami, oz. 2 4 6 8 16 " ipecac-uanhai fluidi, lb. h 1 2 n 5 " piperis Hnidi, oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " pruni virg. fluidi, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " rhei fluidi, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " sarsapaiillse fluidi, lb. 2 4 6 8 16 " senegse fluidi, lb. h 1 2 2i 5 " sennse fluidi, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " taraxaci fluidi, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " valerianse fluidi, - oz. 8 IG 24 32 64 " zingiberis fluidi, - lb. h 1 o 2i 5 Ferri iodidi, . . . oz. 2 4 6 8 16 " ct quiuise citratis, oz. 4 8 12 16 32 " sulpbatis, - . - oz. 2 4 6 8 16 Gambogise,- ... oz. h 1 2 '2h 5 Glycerine, - - . oz. 2 4 6 8 16 Guaiaci resinae, - . - lb. h 1 2 2i 5 Hydrargyri chloridi corr : oz. h 1 2 2i 5 " " niitis, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " cum creta. lb. 1 1 2 2h 5 " iodidi. oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " oxidi lubri, oz. 1 2 3 4 8 lodinii, . - . oz. 2 4 6 8 16 Liui, ... lb. 4 8 12 16 32 Liquoris ammonias. lb. 4 8 12 16 32 " ferri iodidi, lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " potass : arsenitfs, oz. 2 4 6 8 16 " sodse chlorinatse. bott. 3 6 9 12 24 " ziuci chloridi. bott. 3 6 9 12 24 Magnesioe, ... lb. h 1 2 2i 5 " sulphatis, lb. 25 50 75 100 200 Massse pil : hydrargyri, oz. 8 16 24 32 64 ilellis despumati, lb. 2 4 6 8 16 MorphifB sulphatis, dr. 2 4 6 8 16 MyrrhjB, ... lb. h 1 2 2.i 5 Olei anisi, ... oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " cajuputi, ... oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " caryophylh', ... oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " ciiuiamomi, ... oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " mcnthpe piperitse, oz. 2 4 6 8 16 " morrhuae, ... bott. 8 16 24 32 64 " olivse, ... bott. 8 16 24 32 64 " origaui, ... oz. 4 8 12 16 32 " ricini, ... qt. bott. 12 24 36 48 96 " tercbinthinss, - qt. bott. 4 8 12 16 32 *' tiglii. dr. 2 4 6 8 16 Opii, lb. h 1 2 2^ 5 Picis abietis, ... lb. 1 2 3 4 8 Plumbi acctatis, ... lb. ] 2 3 4 8 Potassse acetatis, - - lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " biearbouatis, ' lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " bitartratis. lb. 2 4 6 8 16 " chloratis. lb. 1 2 3 4 8 " nitratis, lb. 1 2 • 3 4 8 " sulphatis. lb. h ] 2 2.^ 5 Potassii cyanureti, dr. 1 2 3 4~ 8 " iodidi, oz. 8 16 24 32 64 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 15 SUPPLY TABLE FOE HOSPITALS— Continued. Quantities for one year for commands of ARTICLES. From From From 100 to 200 to 300 to 500 1,000 200. .300. 400. men. men. Pniiii virginianrc, lb. i 1 o 2A 5 PulToris ticacia;, - . - lb. 2 4 8' 16 " aloi's, - - - oz. 4 rt 12 16 32 " cantharidis, oz. 2 4 6 8 16 " capsici, lb. 1 2 :i 4 8 " cinchonaj, lb. 1 2 :? 4 8 ferri, oz. 2 4 G 8 16 " " per sulphatis, oz. 1 2 :? 4 8 " glycjnliiza', oz. 4 H 12 16 32 " ipecacTianhae, lb. h 1 2 n 5 " " et opi), lb. .\ 1 2 2i 5 " jalapa?, oz. 4 8 12 H^ 32 " lini. lb. 8 10 24 32 64 " opii, lb. h 1 2 2i 5 " rhei,~ oz. 4 s 12 16 32 " sabinae, oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " sinapis nigrrc, lb. 12 18 24 48 " ulnii, lb. 2 4 6 8 16 Qtmssiae, . . - lb. i 1 2 2h 5 Qninias sulphatis, oz. 30-20 20-40 30-60 40-80 80-160 Klu'i, oz. 4 8 12 16 32 Sacchari, ... lb. 20 40 60 80 160 Sapouis, lb. 4 8 12 16 32 ScilKT, oz. 4 8 12 16 32 Serpentariop, ... lb. X 1 2 2h 5 Sodse bicarbouatis, lb. ') 4 G 8 16 " boratis, ... lb. I 1 2 n 5 " et potass : tuitratis, lb. 3 1) 12 24 Ppip(>lia?, ... lb. I 1 2 2d 5 Spiritus animon : aromatici, oz. «j 4 6 8 16 " a?theiis cunipositi, 11). I 1 2 2.i 5 " " nitiici, lb. '> 4 (5 8 16 " lavaudulff; couip : lb. I 1 ') 2h 5 " viui gallici, bott. 12 24 36 48 96 Strychnia, ... dr. 1 2 3 4 8 Sulphuris loti, . - lb. 1 2 3 4 8 Synipi scillai, ... lb. :? ti •) 12 24 Tiucturaa aconiti radicis, - lb. ] 2 3 4 8 " digitalis. oz. 4 8 12 16 32 " crgota? (Dublin), oz. 4 8 12 U) 32 " icni chloridi, lb. i 1 2 2h 5 " veratri viridis, - oz. 4 8 12 16 32 Ungncuti liydrargyri, lb. ] 2 3 4 8 " " nitratis, lb. i T 2 2.i 5 Vcratria?, ... dr. J 2 3 4 8 Vini cok'hici scmiiiis. lb. .4 1 2 24 5 Zinci aci'.tatis, ... oz. 1 i) 3 4 8 " suli)batis, oz. 1 2 3 4 8 " chlorid. . . - oz. i T 1 2 3 INSTRUMENTS. Buck's spongeholdcr for the throat, no. 1 1 1 1 I Cu])]iing glasses or tins, - no. 12 12 18 18 24 Dissfc-ling, ... sets. 1 1 1 1 1 Lancets, spring,* no. 1 I 2 2 4 * Four extra fleamg to each laBcct. 16 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. SUPPLY TABLE FOE HOSPITALS— Continued. Quautitie.s for one year for commands of ARTICLES. ji From From From 100 to 200 to 300 to 500 1,000 '.iOO. 300. 400. men. men. Lancets, thumb,* - - - . no. 4 G 8 8 12 Obstetrical, .... sets. 1 1 1 Pocket, .... sets. 1 1 1 Pro])angs, .... no. 6 6 G Pulleys, .... sets. 1 1 1 Scarificators, .... no. 2 2 3 Splints (assorted), ... sets. 1 T 1 Stethoscopes, .... no. 1 1 1 Stomach pump and case, - no. 1 1 1 Syringes, euema,t ... no. o 3 3 6 " penis, glass, > . . no. 2 4 8 16 " " metallic, - - - no. 6 12 18 24 36 " vagina,t ... no. 3 3 3 6 Teeth extracting, ... sets. 1 1 1 2 Tongue depressor (hinge), no. 1 1 1 2 Toui-niquets, field, ... no. 4 4 G 6 10 " spiral, ... no. 1 1 2 2 4 Trusses, hernioe, ... no. 3 G 9 12 24 BOOKS. Anatomy, . . . - cop. Chemistry, .... cop. Dispensatory, .... cop. Medical Dictionary, ... cop. " Formulary, ... cop. " Jurisprudence and Toxicology, - cop. " Practice, - - - . cop. Obstetricy, .... cop. Regulations for Med. Dept. cop. 2 Surgery, - - . . . cop. Blank, no. 2 2 Case, - - . . . no. Meteorological Register, - - - no. Order and Letter, - - - . no. Prescription, .... no. Register, .... no. Requisitions, ) Returns, > ... no. 1 1 1 1 1 Reports of sick, ) HOSPITAL STORES. Arrow root, .... lb. 5 10 1.5 20 40' Barley, .... lb. 20 40 60 80 160 Cinnamon, .... lb. h 1 2 2h 5 Cloves, .... oz. 4 8 12 16 32 Cocoa, - - . - lb. 10 20 30 40 80 Farina, .... lb. 5 10 1.5 20 40 Ginger, ground (Jamaica), lb. h 1 2 n 5 Nutmegs, - . . _ oz. 4 8 12 16 32 Tea, .... lb. 20 40 60 80 160 Whiskey, bottles of, - - . doz. 2 4 6 8 16 Wine, bottles of, - - - . doz. 2 4 6 8 16 * With casea. 1 1 Davidson's; 1, 4-oz. j l,£-oz. J Hard India rubber, 1 ; glass, 2. EEGULATIOXS FOR THE MEDICAL DErAKTMENT. 37 SUPPLY TABLE FOR HOSPITALS— Continued. ARTICLKS. Roil sackp, Bcdstoiids, iron, Blankrt.s, wooli'U, - Covpi-lots. Gutta porcha cloth, Mattrcspcs, ]^Iusiiuito bars, Pillow cases, " ticks, Sheets, FURNITURK, DRKS^TNGS, &C. 110. no. no. no. jds. no. no. no. no. no. r>au(]ap:os, suspensory,* - - - no. Binder's boards,! - - - no. Corks, assorted, - - doz. Cork screws, - - no. Cotton battiiip:, - - li). " AViidding, - - . 11). Flannel, red, - - - yds. Funnels, {i'lass, - - no. tin, . - no. Ilatclirts, - - no. Hdiu's (ill wciod),}- - - no. Iiik ])()\vder. - - papers. Inkstands, - - no. Linen, - - Yds. Lint, . . "lb. Jleasmvs, c'raduated. - . no. • tin. . . sets. iledieine cups and glasses, || . . no. Mills, eoti'ee, - - no. Mortars and pestles, glass. - - no. " " " iron, - - no. " " " ■\vedgewood, - - no. Muslin, - - yJ-s. Needles, sewing, - . . no. Oiled silk or gutta perclia tissue (11 India rubber tissue, - - yds. Pans, bed, - - no. Paper envelopes, ^S -■ - no. Paper filtering, - - quires. " wrapping, - - - ((uires. " writing,*! - - (piires. Pencils, hair, - - no. " lead. - . no. Pens, steel. . . doz. Pill boxes. - - papers. " macliine, - - no. Piiis, assorted. - - papers. Quills, - - no. li'aiii gauges. - - no. Razors, ... - - no. Qiiantitios for oiip year for commaiu's of From 100 to 200. 10 6-10 10-20 10 4 2 C-10 '25 10 40 From 200 to 4 :? 1 :i 2 1 1 1 27) 25 4 2 100 •i 10 12 12 (i 2.) 1 1 20 12-20 20-40 20 (> 4 12-20 50 20 80 6 21 1 Kt 1 1 1 1 2 T 10 () i? 1 1 1 2 50 25 2 125 1 12 20 18 8 :i () 1 4 25 1 1 From MX) to 40, t. 30 i8-:?o :>o-6o ;{() 8 6 18-:?0 75 30 120 12 8 3(i 2 3 3 15 2 2 2 1 2 15 8 4 1 2 2 1 () 3 150 2 15 20 24 10 3 >) 1 () 50 1 1 .500 men. 40 24-40 40-80 40 10 8 24-40 100 40 200 16 12 48 2 4 4 20 2 2 2 II 3 2 20 10 fi 1 12 3 2 1 3. 100 8 4 200 2 15 20 30 12 4 12 1 8 50 1 1 80 48-80 80-160 80 16 16 48-80 200 80 400 *A«Fortpfl. f le inches by 4. * 4 iuchcB by 1. )| 2 ciipg to l^Iass. ?> Assorted, 3 sizes— " Official bti-.iuoss" piiutcd ou each. ^ Foolscnp, k'Hur ami uote — wliite ; bluy ruliiL 18 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. SUPPLY TABLE FOE HOSPITALS— Continued. Quantities for one year for commands of AKTICLES. From 100 to 200. From 200' to 300. From 300 to 400. .■500 men. 1,000 men. Eazor strops, .... no. Scales and Aveights, apothecary's, - sets. " " " shop, - - sets. Scissors, .... no. Sheep skins, dressed, ... no. Silk, surgeon's, .... oz. " green, .... yds. Spatulas, .... no. Sponge, .... lb. Tape,"* .... pieces. Thermometers and hydrometers, - - no. Thermometers, .... no. Thread, linen, .... oz. Tiles, .... no. Tow, - - - - 'lb. Towels, .... no. Twine, .... lb. Urinals, .... no. Vials, assorted, - - - - doz. AVafers (.^ oz. boxes), - - - no. Wax, seahng, .... sticks. 1 1 1 2 4 J. 4 3 h 4 2 1 4 ? 90 1 2 6 1 3 1 1 1 2 6 i 1 3 A 8 2 1 4 3 2 30 1 3 12 1 3 1 2 1 2 8 2 4 a 4 12 2 1 6 3 2 50 5 18 2 4 1 2 1 3 10 2i 6 a t 16 2 1 6 o 3 75 U 6" 24 2 4 2 2 1 4 12 1 5 12 1 32 2 1 8 4 5 150 3 10 48 3 6 ■ One quarter, woolen ; three quarters, cotton. If the following articles of Hospital Furniture cannot be obtained with the hospital fund, they may be procured from a quartermaster or medical disbursing officer, by special .requi- sition : ARTICLES. Basins, wash. Bowls. Brushes. Buckets. Candlesticks. Clothes Lines. Cups. Dippers and Ladles. Graters. Gridirons. Kettles, tea. Knives and i'orks. Lamps and Lanterns. Locks ai*d Keys. Mugs. Pans, frying. " sauce. Pitchers. Plates and Dishes. Pots, chamber and chair. " coffee and tea. Sadirons. Shovels, fire. Skillet, with cover. Snuffers. Spoons. Tongs and Pokers. Tumblers. Woodsaws. EEGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 19 Standard Sujfp^i/ Table for Field Service. Quantities. ARTICLES. Reg't Hat. Comp. 3 uios. 3 iiios. 3 luos. MEDICINES. Acidi nifiioi, lb. 1 J i " sulph. aromatici, lb. ] .', i " taiiuici, oz. 2 1 1 Alcoholis, bott. () 4 2 Aluininis, lb. 1 d 7i Amnionire carbmiatis, oz. k; s • 4 Aiitiinoiiii ct potass, tartrates, oz. 2 1 ]■ Arg-euti uitratis (t'lised), 071. 4 1) 1 Caiiiphora!, lb. 4 2 1 Ceiati n'sinne, lb. 2 1 ■ d " simplicis, )1>. ,s 4 2 Clilorofiinni, lb. 2 1 1 Copaib.T, lb. ■> 1 d Croasoti, oz. 2 1 L Ciipri sulphafis, - - . oz. 4 2 1 Emplastii adliivsivi, yds. 15 8 4 caiitliaridis, lb. 4 2 1 " ii-hllivocoihv, yds. 2 1 1 ' Extnicti I'lddoiilliidis coiiip. oz. m 8 4 " g-Iyi'.\uliiz;o, lb. 2 1 .4 Hydravgjri cliloiidi corrosivi, oz. .1 •2 A " " • mitis, lb. 2 1 d lodiiiii, oz. 4 2 1 Liqiiuiis ammoniap, lb. 4 2 1 " potass, anscuitis, oz. 4 2 1 Magncsisc suli)liati.s, lb. 25 15 10 Massa; pil: liydrargyri, oz. IG 8 4 Morpliiai snljjliati.s, dr. 4 2 1 Olei nienthfe piperitao, oz. 2 1 I " oliva^, bott. H 4 2 " ricini, ■ - qt. bott. 12 () 5 " tei"cbiutliiii,i:>, - (xt. bott. H 4 2 " ti},'lii, dr. 2 1 I rilul: futhartic: com: (U. S.), doz. S 4 2 " opii(U. S.), doz. !^ 4 2 Plumbi acetatis, lb. 2 1 d Potassae bitartratis, lb. 2 1 d chloratis, lb. 2 1 .4 ■ " uitratis, lb. 1 i I Potassii iodidi, (IZ. 8 •1 2 Pulvciis awiciir, 11). 4 •) I capsici, - lb. ■h 1 1 i " feni per sulpliatis, oz. 4 .> 1 " ipecacuauhjc, lb. 1 \ .4 " " ct opii, oz. 8 4 4 liiii, lb. K) >< 4 " opii, 11). 2 ] h " ilici. lb. I :\ •i " siuapis nigra!. lb. 12 (> 3 Qnini.T .sulphatis, - oz. 24 12 6 Sacchari, lb. 1 6 4 .Syrup scillae, - - - lb. :} 2 1 Tincturse colchici seminis, lb. 1 1 " feni chloridi, lb. ] d 4^ " opii, - - - oz. IG 8 G Unguenti hydrargyri, lb. i h i " " nitrati.s, lb. i i i Zinci acetatis, - . - oz. 2 1 1 " sulphatis, - - - oz. 2 1 1 INSTUUMENTS. Amputating, - - - sets. 2 1 1 Ball tbict'ps, no. 2 1 1 Bougies, guui elastic (1 to 12), no. 6 6 6 • " metallic (assorted), no. fi G 6 Catheters, gum elastic (2 to 10), - no. 6 6 6 silver (:3, G, 9), no. 3 ?> 3 " cases. no. 1 1 1 Cupping glasses or tins,* - no. 12 8 G Lancets, spring. no. 1 1 1 " " thumb (with easels), no. 4 2 2 Keedles, surgeons' (with ca.ses), - no. 12 () 6 Pocket, sets. • 2 1 1 I^robangs, ... no. 6 4 2 Scarificators, no. 2 1 1 Splints (assorted). sets. 1 1 1 Syringes, enema (assorted), t no. 4 2 1 " penis, glass, no. 8 4 2 " " India rubber, no. 8 4 2 Teeth extracting. sets. 1 1 1 Tongue depressor (hinge). no. 1 1 1 Tourni<[uets, iield, no. 12 G 3 " spiral, no. 2 1 1 Trepanning, ... sets. 1 1 1 Trocars (1 small), no. 2 1 1 Trusses, hernia, no. G o 2 ROOKS. Anatomy (surgical), CO}). 1 1 Medical Practice, cop. 1 1 Kegulations for medical department. cop. 1 1 Surgeiy (oj)erative). cop. 1 1 Thompson's Conspectus, cop. 1 1 Blank, no. 4 4 HO.SPITAL STORES. AiTow root, - . , lb. 10 5 3 Caudles (sperm.). lb. 2 1 1 Farina, ... lb. 10 5 3 Ginger (fluid extract), lb. I k i Nutmegs, ... oz. 8 4 2 ' Half glaBs, half liu. 1 1 Davidson's ; 1 hard rubber, 6 oz. EEGULATIOXS FOR THE MEDICAL DErAIlTMENT. ■J I SUPPLY TABLE FOE FIELD SERVICE— Continued. AliTICI.ES. Tea, Whi^kin-, l)oltl<'s ol", I>ih1 Piioks, . . - IJlaukcts (woolen), (iutta |uMi'lia cloth, Mosnuito hais, Pillow ticks, FrRXITlUF. AND DRESSINGS. Bun(lagos(l), roller, iissortcd, " suspensory, assorted, Binders' boards (Id iuclies by 4), (.'orks, assorted, - - " ('orkscrcws, - - - Cotton batting^. - - - " waddini;^, . - - Flannel (red), Ilatelicts, ][oues (4 inclies by J, in wood), - Ink, 2-ounee bottles, Knapsacks, hospita!("2), linnterns, ... Lint, Litters and stn>tchcrs, liand('-2), " liors<'(2), . - - Mcasnrcs, graduated, assortod(3). Medicine chests, - - - " cnps and glasses(4), " panniers, Mess chests (see note). Mills, coffee. Mortars and pestles, wedgewood ( Muslin, - - - Needles, sewing (assorted, in a case Oiled silk or gutta percha tissue, or India rubbi:r tissue, - Pans, bed(r)). Paper envelopes, assorted(l)). Paper, wrajiping, *' writing(7). Pencils, liair, " lead (of Faber's make, No. Pens, steel. Pill boxes (wood), " (tin), - Pins, assorted (large and niedinni) nail) doz. no. no. y.ls. no. no. doz. no. no. do/,. no. lb. lb. yds. no. no. no. no. no. 11). no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. , no. yds. no. yds. no. no. cpiircs. quires. no. >2), no. doz. papers. no. , papers. QUAXTITIKS. 20 •M) 20 20 20 14 12 18 ]2 1 12 20 25 8 2 100 fi 12 24 12 4 2 « 4 ]0 15 10 10 10 1 1 10 25 4 1 50 :? 12 f) 2 1 6 2 (1) 1 dozen, 1 inch wiilc. 1 Viinl lonp. 2 •' 2 ■' .'« (2) According to pal torn. (3) 6 oz , 2 oz., minim. (■() 2 cups to 1 plans. (.")) Of Imrd Indiii rubber or otlur inn- tcriiil. Shovel. ((!) TiO Icllcr, 2.') note, 2.") InrRO. " Offl- cinl Hui*inPB8" printed on each, (7) 2 fooUcap, G letter, 4 note, white ; blue ruled. 22 REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARtMENT. SUPPLY TABLE FOR FIELD SERVICE— Continued. • QU.\NTITIES. ARTICLES. Reg't Bat. Cum p. 3 mos. 3 mos. 3 mos. Razors, no. 1 1 1 Razor strops, no. ] i 1 Scales aud weights, apothecary' s, . sets. 1 I J Scissors, no. 4 2 2 Sheep- skins, dressed. no. 4 2 1 • Silk, snro-eons', oz. .\ .1. ■4 :t " green, yds. i J. •i Spatulas, no. (". 3 •> Sponge (washed), ^ - lb. 1 I i Tape, pieces. 4 2 1 . Thread, linen, oz. o 1 1 Tiles, no. 2 1 i . Towels, no. 40 20 10 Twine, lb. h 1 4 J 4 Vials, assorted (1 oz. and 2 cz,) , - doz. 4 2 1 Waters {i onnce boxes), - no. 1 1 1 Wax, sealing, sticks. o I I NOTE TO PRECEDING TABLE. FuRKiTURi^ OF Mess Chest. 8 Basins, tin. 2 Boxes, pepper and salt. () Cups, tin. 4 Canisters (fol tea, coffee, sugar and butter). 2 Dippers aud ladles. I Grati-r. I Gridiron. 1 Kettle, tea, iron. 12 Knives and forks. G Mugs (Britannia, half-pint). 1 Pan, frying. 1 Pan. sauce. 8 Plates (6) and dishes (2), tin. 1 Pot, iron. 2 Pots, coifee aud tea, tin. 12 Spoons, iron [table (G) and tea ((5)]. 1 Skillet, with coA'er. 1 Tray, tin. G Tumblers, tin. The Standard Supjily Tables contain all the articles to be purchased by medical purveyors, except on the orders of the Surgeon General ; but any less quantity may be required or any article omitted at tho discretion of the medical officer. 24 FORMS. •sinuaa •sasBQ •sqiBoa •S.3SB0 •S3SB0 •SOSBQ •-;=^ q 5 SO'HO' t a s s S l^KHH 5 rt li -' :.2 o o 5 1-2 -j: p o o .-*"', '"^ E -!;?5K0CJ=; .2 Oh .-2^ lllil >•.-= S r ® a a 'Ee'H a rt - .- o --a — i^ ?^ ^ *-» u to S "^ -r- _= c :z r-i P^ pH I ^-5 ^ ^^ ^a « ^.s 09 a 01 4. O J» ? b FOKMS. ■8q?l39a •sasug sqj'iaa •SOSBQ •aasco •K8St!0 sqiBJQ ■sa8i!C) M ^ -p -^ c3 s 5£ «:> 3Q O © Td .5 _g '3 ■5 c3 0) ^ % S S;^ a, «2 ^= .ti "2 P i; - •? o .£ .2 2 ?J .5 2 £ .2 ^- .2 O 3 P* -►^ £ O a -3 . d d b ^3 .- .« .22 '^ xF •§ a' '^ ,^- o -S S -§ y ^-5 "S '5 '= 5 m -s ^3 oi c 3 » 28 FOEMS. ^ ci ■sqicoQ >> ^ ■o a •sosno ^ ■si[]T;oa c: o ^' rS'g --■ .2 ^ "-' •sasBO K H o « < •aqjuoa w tH a o H •sastio >5 P C i4 •sipijoa < p H d S o oc y ■ O 02 •S3S110 h^ o ■si[;uoa a H H ci o E •sosno W C3 O »v; 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 I ■■ 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 O « 55 W III ^111 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 1 •M G <; ^ r. ^ ^ H »; rt i 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 r^ ' ' ' ' 'o 1 1 1 ^■■ o 2 _tc a S ^ -3 - ■5 3 o o « tg 5 ■ • - S^ I 1 1 1 1 1 1 '*< ' ' ' o ■ . ■ 1 Vh o 1 1 1 'o r ii^^^ OQ CO C 0) 32 2 5 § => "S ^ 03 n S -S "S &,s C3 re - s -r-~ a s o 2 . 2 g § s -o -5 S § 3 S si ^r -'S. _g".s ^ •Si ^ "5, P o ^ O '= -^ JJ 5 5 S •" o 2 -^ ° ;»>:>>: >:^ <-QS^q^OM<1 c o c £ ^ -^-^M ^ ^ \ J ^ J 05 ""^ oc uag ■axvsaHOOv MdjJBnb eqj Suunp 3[0ts ua^iBX C3 •7ViOX g'S .5 o •!)naosaiBAnoo T13!S r^ s 2.J2"'* re .g a o V- "S 'T3 o O o „ - _ .- S c! §^ S o g § t^-^ -a 52 o ^^'i-^^^ will 1 , and ness troop es of red. rs M m O erve eac d th lent rt is ?tly oh side fluenc mploy erance is rep wed. •r- it; a oj fX-a o « ^ ?> a s •■- ;o :i-'^ ^^s^l-^ e wi li on nay e du aline iplic will a a^- S^ S 1 oS^'^jI^ «^ a ^ ."t: o "^ CO ts nomer rgin of gencies a ;he vicin men as t arately. ire of thi •" rt OS ^ li ffnli r^? quired, and r, -with a ni g all those ; diseases ii labits of th reported se e nomencla 1 H O £ S^g a_ o:2 1— < ^ a.^£ ? 2 S > 5 2 p-tca -?; CSS fool ion ate; and en, erne exactn gcs of aformat ae dim tiling ; , if gi's arrang re; (W .^ -t-- o a -J a ^ .,--■ o ?s S ^ ^ a ^ ^ 3 ^ rt 'a .2 IT ^ 3 ;a .a b « -2 13 ^ nctna n alte viU fi the st t; wa and d, the a o "^ ^*- o a (D ost p tten fficer phyo s; di vome ound H t^ O rt » '^ > a, S< o g * X a ■" o 2 •" a S^ -w' "" S '^ ?^ t" 2 o tf £ .2 S 5 '=^- a-c o -a rg o I— I 'i- 0. a-."*^ oi o o or ^^ -3 a ^ _; ^ ;h (^^:a 2 .^ 3 § — -a -S * 2 a t^ rs a _ -a .g >> ?ri^ ce 2'2'0'2 £ rtl T2 - i a §;: il as S^^.o rt aj-2 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 31 Form 1 — Continued. DISCHARGES OK SURGEON'S CERTIFICATE, AND DEATHS. Name. a Date of di9- Date of Rank. Regiment. S o Disease. fharge from death. Surname. Christian name. service. ► - REMARKS. Notes. — Discliarges on Surgeon's certificate, anrl deaths ocenrring among those of the command not on sick report, will lie also reported, l)Ut separated from the others l)y a doulilc line drawn aeross the page. The remarks will in each case specify the manner iu which the disease originated, when it is known. In every case of the death of an ofncer, whether on duty or not, a special report is to be made to the Sargeon General. 32 FORMS. Form 1— Continued. EXDORSKMENT. EEPORT OF SICK AND WOUNDED. FOR THE Qjuarter ending 186 . Station : Surgeon- Regiments. Companies. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 33 8 >^ ^ s to ^-. v> S '^ ft; CO .SCO-" £ -i -I s o a .5 = = ■« ^ 5 S -g c X .2 (i> « ^ ^ .J3 t^ ♦- O.^ t. ♦' O « Sieges: o "" " "3 S f* »^ a oj « » o c-c 3 -a \- £ 5 ^ O J3 C 0) "5 -^ CO "'•^ S S " * " 71 X! - o *; t; C« p P " O o tD.:: o ^ > ^ a> O s- O » p K S m n .5 l^"- 0(1, ^ _ — £ a -■=^ I C I- 1 o ^ f ■ ' «a u- ^ I x!i -S = s a-S » « 2 »■ s,„5 -=3*0 *^ o o ■** •- Is ■- H £ 5 o 3 * 2 '3 g a s o « g, I. , u *^ "> - .o s c S a r a — '■; '^ i" 4> P i" T'Stf £* „-•- "--On lh : ^ g - .H 5 o 5 J; - r ja 3 V -M a a Pm -* ** e« 34 FORMS. 0! < s •pucq no •07? 'papnadxa i^joj, •8sn joj itjnn jo '}no ujOj\i^ •^napiaoB 9|qBpioABnn Xq psXoajsgp JO jsoq •panssi % ■3[3!S aq} qJ!'^ papuodx^ ♦ • •P^oi •nji^ai }st!i aouis paAiaaaji ■njinaj ?8i3[ ?B puBq hq a H M H SI 4) .5-2 03 to ^ o 3b FORMS. ;^ P. H P3 -^ Ph ft H CO €©= H W H O « w o CO o '3 CO •^ -a 6 -S.2 - ^ >. w MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 39 40 FORMS. a The remarks will noto to whom the articles were delivered ; what money, &c., were left by those who die ; and to whom they were given. ri o ■OT •07? ;o:S> •bXai'f'I'Bn^ •BJ351Rnl5 ■oy ■91{V.1^\0 •gjo^anjf •B)'COO •Xtredraoo 0; o, Bo to" IS o a a i d 1^ • 1 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 41 aj y *« 'O ^ "X^ P T? c <1J ^ o ' C rS >~, '^ a ^ '"w a a o j:- as ^ -J- 0) tr ^ rfl CS rl M H «1 o rO H ci tc •pjBMdjs oj peuaino'j ■japjo iCq paXo.i}S3(i •?no nioAV •}S01 1 1 • •oy •o^-- •S^JOJ •ROAItia^ •snoiiii",' •H,nji'i:M •ei.-i5(av[a •s(.ioqs "8^.ii;« p.m •85iuna •naqaji^ ao pjCAV jo 'oii 42 FORMS. »-H W -rH w H ^-( ■7,1 « 1— ( u H fe p^ 05 M W inBV£ tc W » O g ee ^ ^ ■" -g « ^ Li^ 5.5 S=r b-^ a K ■" "*! 2 ~ ""^ " jr s "^ - r: i u c T" -D ^ •■ '" .-. ^ -2 r ^ " ^ g v? g - aT ^ ? i ^~ IS '^ .- £ ^" S o a c - -- ._ • r— rt r= .a ^ cs •v;'t: •- :r V" .= " ^ Oj £ 2 ;^ m '^^ 2 •= H a ° s^ .r; n; .a r3 -a .£ . !f. • - w jr: o -" ^ '3 t; c> i i . .£* " s- " \.'^ -'^ jji S^ CD =J ^tiS.^ag !- £j > 5. a ♦-• u Ph ^ rt ■_ « c = i ^ "t. X I ^ .|5 a =i £ "-S '"o £^ b-S « ■ J ? S >'£ 5 a s^ « =r-B ^ a:; " o'S'ia^K'O C" rr "^ a S't; „ cj H H ■= ,;■=--: -^ 01 -t. i c o •: — . 'Ejj"£ '^ o ? is J: c- ^ 44 FORMS. Form 13. Army op the Coxfederate States. (Coat of Arnip.) Certificate of Disahflitij for Discharge. A B, of Captain 's compauy, ( — ,) of tlie regiment of Confederate States , was enlisted by , of the regiment of , at , on tlie day of , to serve years ; he was born in , in the State of , is years of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, hair, and by occupation when enlisted . During the last two months said soldier has been unfit for duty days. (The company commander will here add a statement of all the facts known to him concerning the disease or wound, or cause of disability of the soldier ; the time, place, manner, and all the circumstances under which the injury occurred, or disease originated or appeared ; the duty or service or situation of the soldier at the time the injury was received or disease contracted, or supposed to be con- tracted; and whatever facts may aid a judgment as to the cause, immediate or remote, of the disability, and the circumstances attending it.) C D, Coimnanding Company. (When the facts are not known to the company commander, the certificate of any officer, or affidavit of other person having such knowledge, will be appended.) I CERTIFY that I have carefully examined the said of Captain 's company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of (here describe particularly the disability, wound, or disease ; the extent to which it deprives him of the use of any limb or faculty, or affects his health, strength, activit}^ constitution, or capacity to labor or earn his subsistence). The Surgeon will add, from his knowledge of the facts and circumstances, and from the evidence in the case, his professional opinion of the cause or origin of the disability, E F, Surgeon. (Duplicates.) Notes. — ]. When a probable case for pension, special care, must be taken to state the degree of disability. 2. The place where the soldier desires to be addressed may be here added. Town — County — State — MEDICAL DEPART»IENT. 46 o a The remarks will state the cause of rejecting any who are examined, «fec. «fcc. By whom enlisted. a £ to < o n M a a c o a o >5 u H -< O FORMS. ■< P5 s If •s.ia^a'L'nTj uj ^ •p^idsoq ni •poia •IBjiJsoii iB.ionoS 0} inag •paSjBuosia •^Cjnp oj ii''"'iw?>'U Eh •s.ia).ii!nb ui •pjidsoq ni ■>lDis uo;^l^;,tl 11 3 ■" a-s ■sjo^renb nj •pnidsoq ni < o < - MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 47 Form 16. CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN. This contract, entered into this clay of 18G — , at , state of , between , of the C. S. Army, ami Dr. , of , in the state of , witnesseth, that for the consideration hereafter mentioned, the said Dr. promises and agrees to perform the duties of a medical officer, agreeably to the Array Regulations, at , {and to furnish the necessary medi- cines.) And the said promises and agrees, on behalf of the Confeder.ate States, to pay, or cause to be paid, to the said Dr. the sum of dollars for each and every month he shall continue to perform the services above stated, which shall be his full compensation, and in lieu of all allowances and emoluments whatsoever {except that for medicines furnished, which shall be at the rate of per cent, on his monthlii pay, to be determined by the Surgeon General.) This contract to continue till determined b)' the said doctor, or the commanding officer for the time being, or the Surgeon General. [seal.] Signed, sealed, and delivered, '( iu presence of- [SEAL.] I certify that the number of persons entitled to medical attendance, agreeably to regulations, at , is , and that no competent physician can be obtained at a lower rate. »..^— ..— , Commanding Officer. 48 FORMS. Form 17. FORM OF A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. of the regiment of , having applied for a certificate on vfhich to ground an application for leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer, and find that . [Here the nature of the disease, wound, or disability, is to be fully stated, and the period during which the officer has suffered under its eflfects.] And that, in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than . [Here state candidly and explicitly the opinion as to the period which will probably elapse before the officer VfiW be able to resume his duties. When there is no reason to expect a recovery, or when the prospect of recovery is distant and uncertain, it must be so stated.] Dated -=— — , thi? — — = dar of Signature of the Medical Officer. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 49 00 tH o bo ^3 l5C — m p o ^ ii c S = S « cj = n ^ ^ 0< CO >0 -"I" •d«os ■8.)ipin\') •.niaoniA ■iJ'.«"J •ooia •V"a •jooq i[SOjj •snou"J JO' -taqrauM •sXop JO loqunivj ■udu^OM. JO aaquiu.s^ •uoui JO joqmnjj o o o T< O 0» ■^ M I — O O 13 -> ^ « M K 50 FOKMS. Form 19. A Monthly Slatement of the Ilospilal Fund at ,for the montJi of 186- Dr. To balance due hospital last month, . . . - - 1,532 rations, being whole amount due this month, at 0^ cents per ration. ISSUED. Cr. By th(! following provisions, at contract prices : 283^1 lbs. of pork, at 6 cents per pound, Cyu lbs. of j'rcsli beef, at 4 cents jjcr pound, l,G12^-j- lbs. of (lour, at 2 cents per pound, ICr lbs. of hard bread, at 3^ cents per pound, 70 lbs. of rice, at (i cents per pound, 56 lbs. of coftee, at i) cents per pound, 193y|- lbs. of sugar, at 8 cents per pound, 17 J (p-ts. of vinegar, at 5 cents per quart, IS-j— g- lbs. of caudles, at 12 cints per pound, - tJl.i lbs. of soap, at 6 cents per pouud, IbJ (pts. of salt, at 3 ceuts per (juart, 12 galls, of molasses, at 28 ceuts per gallon. PURCn.\SED. 2 pairs of chickens, at 87.J cents per pair, 4 qrts. of milk, at 7 cints p^r quart, 3 doz. oranges, at 25 cents per dozen, Total expended, Balance due this month. 32 24^ $0.00 145 54 114 965 30 57i -, Surgeon. [Date] A-PPEHSTDIX EXTKACTS FROM THE REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY. (Edition of 1857.) 929. No officer making returns of property shall drop from his return an}' public property as woi'n out or unserviceable until it has been condcmnetl, after proper inspectiou, and ordered to be so dropped. 935. Ever}' officer having public money to account for, and failing to render his account thereof quarter-yearly, with the vouchers ne- cessary to its correct and prompt settlement, within three months after the expiration of the quarter, if resident in the Confederate States, and within six months if resident in a foreign country, will be promptly dismissed by the President, unless he shall explain the default to the fe'^atisfaction of the President. 93G. Every officer entrusted with public money or property shall render all prescribed returns and accounts to the bureau of the de- partment in which he is serving, where all such returns and accounts shall pass through a rigid administrative scrutiny before the money accounts are transmitted to the proper offices of the Treasury De- partment for settlement. ] 043. Officers receiving clothing or camp and garrison equipage, will render quarterly returns of it to the Quartermaster General. 1073. Issues to the hospital will be on returns by the medical officer (Form IS), for such provisions only as arc actually required for the sick and the attendants. The cost of such parts of the ration as are issued will be charged to the hospital at contract or cost prices, and the hospital will be credited by the whole number of complete rations due through the month at contract or cost prices ; the balance, constituting the Ilosjiital Fund, or any portion of it, may be ex- 52 APPENDIX. pencled by the commissary, on the requisition of the medical officer, in the purchase of any article for the subsistence or comfort of the sick, not authorized to be otherwise furnished (see Form 19). At large depots or general hospitals, this fund may be partly expended for the beneiit of dependent posts or detachments, on recpiisitions approved by the Medical Director or Senior Surgeon of the district. 1079. An extra issue of fifteen pounds of tallow or ten of sperm candles, per month, may be made to the principal guard of each camp and garrison, on the order of the connnanding officer. Extra issues of soa2^ candles, and vinegar, are permitted to tlie hospital when the surgeon does not avail himself of the commutation of the hospital rations, or when there is no hospital fund ; salt, in small quantities, may be issued for public horses and cattle. When the officers of tlie Medical Department find anti-scorbutics necessary for the health of the troops, the commanding officer may order issues of fresh vegetables, pickled onions, sourkrout, or molasses, with an extra quantity of rice and vinegar. (Potatoes arc usually issued at the rate of one pound per ration, and onions at the rate of three bushels in lieu of one of beans.) Occasional issues (extra) of molasses are made — two quarts to one hundred rations — and of dried apples of irom one to one and a half bushels to one hundred rations. Troops at sea are recommended to draw rice and an extra issue of molasses in lieu of beans. When anti-scorbutics are issued, the medical officer will certify the necessity, and the circumstances which cause it, upon the abstract of extra issues. EXTRACTS FROM GE?s'ERAL ORDERS. Ambulances will not be used for any other than the specific pur- pose for which they are designed, viz : the transportation of the sick and wounded ; and those hereafter provided for the army, will be made according to a pattern to be furnished the Quartermaster's De- partment by the Surgeon General. Paragraph 9G3 of the Regulations for the Army is so far amended as to allow the Medical Director and Medical Purveyor of a Military MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 53 Department, one room each as an office ; and fuel therefor from the 1st of October to the 30th of April, at the rate of one cord of wood per mouth. Officers of the Medical Department ma}^ by virtue of their com- missions, command all enlisted men, like other commissioned officers. Paragraph 13, Army Regulations, will not be interpreted to restrict that authority. 1. Boards of Survey will not be resorted to for the condemnation of public property, but only to establish data by which questions of administrative responsibility may be determined, and the adjustment of accounts faciUtated : such as to assess iha damage which public property lias sustained from any extraordinary cause, not ordinary wear, either in transit or in store, or in actual use, and to set forth the circumstances and fix the responsibility of such damage, w^hether on the carrier, or the person accountable for the property or having it immediately in charge ; to report from examination the circum- stances and amount of the loss or deficiency of public property by accident, unusual wastage, or otherwise, and fix the responsibility of such loss or deficiency ; to make inventories of property ordered to be abandoned, when the articles have not been enumerated in the orders; to assess the prices at which damaged clothing may be issued to troops, and the proportion in which supplies shall be issued in consequence of damage that renders them at the usual rate unequal to the allowance which the regulations contemplate ; to verify the discrepancy between the invoices and the actual quantity or descrip- tion of property transferred from one officer to anotlun', and ascertain as far as possible where and how the discrepancy has occurred, whe- ther in the hands of the carrier or the officer making the transfer ; and to make inventories and report on the condition of public pro- perty in the possession of ofiicers at the time of their death. The action of the Board for the authorized object will be complete with the approval of the commanding officer, but liable to revision by higher authoiity. In no case, however, will the report of the Board supcM-sede the depositions which the law requires with reference to deficiencies and damage. 54 APPENDIX. 2. Boards of Survey will not be convened by any other than the commandmg officer present, and will be composed of as many officers, not exceeding three, as may be present for duty, the commanding officer and the officer responsible in the matter to be reported on being excluded ; but in case the two latter only are present, then the one not responsible will perform the duties, and the responsible officer will perform them if no other officer is present. The proceedings of the Board will be signed by each member, and a cop}^ forwarded by the approving officer to the head quarters of the department or army in the field, as the case may be, duplicates being furnished to the officer accountable for the property. 3. All surve3^s and reports having in view the condemnation of pub- lic property, for whatever cause, will be made by the commanding officers of posts or other separate commands, or by Inspectors Gene- ral, or inspectors specially designated by the commander of a depart- ment or an army in the field, or by higher authority. Such surveys and reports having a different object from those of Boards of Survey, will be required independently of any action of a Board on the same property. 4. When public property is received by any officer, he will make a careful examination to ascertain its quality and condition, but with- out breaking packages until issues are to be made, unless there is cause to suppose the contents defective ; and in any of the cases supposed in the first paragraph, he will apply for a Board of Survey for the purposes therein set forth. If he deem the property unfit for use, and that the public interest requires it to be condemned, he will, in addition, report the fact for that purpose to the commanding officer, wdio will make a critical inspection, or cause it to be made by an Inspector General or special inspector, according to the nature of his command. If the inspector deem the property fit, it sliall be received and used. If not, he will forward a formal inspection report to the commander empowered to give orders in the case. The same rule will be observed, according to the nature of the case, with refer- ence to property already on hand. The person accountable for the property, or having it in charge, will submit an inventory, which will accompany or be embodied in the inspection report, stating how long the property has been in his possession, how long in use, and from whom it was received. The inspector's report will state the exact condition of each article, and what disposition it is expedient MEDICAL DEPAETMEXT. 55 to make of it : as, to be destroyed, to be dropped as being of no value, to be broken up, to be repacked or repaired, or to be sold. The inspector will certify on his report that he has examined each article, and that its condition is as stated. If the commanding officer, who ordinarily would be the inspector, is himself accountable for the property, the next officer in rank present for duty will act as the inspector. The authority of inspection and condemnation will not, without special instructions, extend to commanding officers of arsenals with reference to ordnance and ordnance stores, but may in regard to other unserviceable supplies. 6. An officer connnanding a department, or an army in the field, may give orders, on the report of the authorized inspectors, either to sell, destroy, or make such other disposition of condenmed property as the case may require, excepting with reference to the sale of ord- nance and ordnance stores ; for which the orders of the War Depart- ment will b(^ requisite ; but if the property be of very considerable value, and there is reason to suppose that it could be advantageously applied or disposed of elsewhere than within his command, he will refer the matter to the Chief of the Staff" Department to which it belongs, for the orders of the War Department. No other persons than those designated, or the General-in-Chief, will order the final disposition of condemned property, excepting in the case of ordnance and ordnance stores, which ar^ to be dropped or broken up, horses which should be killed to prevent contagion, and provisions or other stores which are deteriorating so rapidly as to require immediate ac- tion. In this last case the inspector may order the destruction or sale of the stores, and in the other cases he may direct the disposi- tions above indicated with reference to thein. The inventories will be made in duplicate — one to be retained by the person accountable, and the other to accompany his accounts. When the action of the inspector has been final, a copy of the inventory will be forwarded through the Department or other superior head quarters to the Chief of the Staff Department to which the property belongs. When the action of thc^ Department or other superior commander is required, the original inventories will be sent to the head quarters, and re- turned with the final orders thereon to the person accountable for the property, and a copy of the inventory and orders will be for- warded from the Department or other superior liead quarters to the Chief of the Staff* Department to which they relate. 56 APPENDIX. 6. Every inspector, member of a Board of Survey, and com* mander acting on their proceedings, shall be answerable that his action has been proper and judicious, according to the Kegulations and the circumstances of the case. * 7. As far as practicable, every officer in charge of public property, whether it be in use or in store, wdll endeavor by timely repairs to keep it in serviceable condition, for which purpose the necessary means will be allov^ed on satisfactory requisitions ; and property in store so repaired will be issued for further use. Unserviceable arras will be sent to au arsenal for repair, before accumulating in excess of the surplus arms in the company. Provisions and other perishable stores will be repacked whenever it may be necessary for their pre- servation and their value will justify the expense, wbicli will be a legitimate charge against the department to which they belong. Public animals will not be condemned for temporary disease or want of condition, but may, by order of the commanding officer, after inspection, be turned in for rest and treatment, if unfit for service for wdiich they are immediately required. 8. Only one interior source of supply — that immediately 'con- nected with the head quarters — will be permitted with a post or other embodied command. This last will not be interpreted to mean a battalion or other minor organization forming part of a gar- rison or other body of troops, excepting when the minor command is detached and serving separately ; and in that case, when the de- tached portion returns to the main body, the supplies in the charge of its staff officers will be turned over to the proper staff officers of the whole. No public property shall be transferred to or retained in a company, which does not properly form part of its equipment ; nor shall any officer have public property in his possession unless regularly on staff duty by order of the commanding officer, or unless the charge of it is devolved on him by the Regulations of the Army, from the nature of his position. 9. Public property shall not be transferred gratuitously from one staff department to another ; but when offered for sale, and required for the public service in another staff department in which its use is allowed by Regulations, it may be bid in on the order of the com- manding officer, or purchased at a fair valuation, to be determined by a Board of Survey, if there should be no other bidder. JIEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 57 10. Paragraph 926, Army Regulations, and so much of any pre- vious orders or regulations as conflicts with the foregoing, are rescinded. It is desirable to furnish ambulance transportation for 40 men per 1,000 — 20 lying extended and 20 sitting. It is recommended that the following schedule of transports for the sick and wounded, and for hospital supplies, be adopted for a state of war with a civilized enemy : For commands of less than three companies, one two-wheeled transport cart for hospital supplies, and to each company one two- wheeled ambulance. For commands of more than three and less than five companies, two two-wheeled transport carts, and to each company one two- wheeled ambulance. For a battalion of five companies, one four-wheeled ambulance, five two-wheeled ambulances, and two two-wheeled transport carts. For each additional company less than ten, one two-wheeled trans- port cart. For a regiment, two four-wheeled ambulances, ten two-wheeled ambulances, and four two-wheeled transport carts. The transport carts to be made after the models of the two- wheeled ambulances (their interior arrangement for the sick ex- cepted), and to have solid board flooring to the body. Horse litters required for service on ground not admitting the em- ployment of two-wheeled carriages, shall be composed of a canvas bed similar to the present stretcher, and of two poles, each sixteen feet long, to be made in sections, with head and foot pieces con- structed to act as stretchers to keep the poles apart. It is recommended that in future hospital tents be made accord- ing to the pattern of the present tent and of the same material, but smaller, and having on one end a lapel so as to admit of two or more tents being joined and thrown into one with a continuous covering or roof. 68 APPENDIX. The dimensions to be these : In length, 14 feet; in width, 15 feet; in height (centre), 11 feet, with a wall 4^ feet, and a "fly" of ap- propriate size. The ridge pole to be made in two sections after the present pattern, and to measure 14 feet when joined. It is contemplated that such a tent will accommodate from 8 to 10 patients comfortably. The following allowance of tents for the sick, their attendants, and hospital supplies, is recommended : COMMANDS. Hospital Tents. Sibley Tents, Common Tents. For one company, . . - For three companies, - For five " ... For seven " For ten " ... 1 2 2 3 The adoption of a hospital knapsack is recommended to be carried by a hospital orderly upon the march or in battle, who is habitually to follow the medical officer. The knapsack to be made of light wood ; to be divided into four compartments or drawers, and to be covered with canvas. The purpose of this knapsack is to carry in an accessible shape such instruments, dressings, and medicines, as may be needed in an emergency on the march or in the field. The dimensions of the hospital knapsack to be those of the ordinary knapsack. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 59 AN ACT To authorize the employment of Cooks and Nurses, other than Enlisted Men, or Volunteers, for the Militiuy Service. Sec. 1. 27/e Cojigrcss of tlic Coyifcdcratc Slates of America do cnacU That the better to provide for the sick and wounded, the Secretary of War is authorized to direct tlie employment, when deemed necessary, of nurses and cooks, other than enlisted men, or volun- teers, the persons so employed being subject to military control, and in no case to receive pay above that allowed to enlisted men, or volunteers. Approved August 21st, ISGl. t The Secretary of War decides that nurses and cooks, authorized by the preceding act, may receive, besides the pay proper of enlisted men (Sll per month), the extra pay allowed in Par. 33, Medical Regulations, making the sum total $18 50 per month. The nurses and cooks, not enlisted men, will be paid on the Hospital muster rolls by the Pay Department. They should not be employed for a less period than a calendar month. _ 60 APPENDIX. It is insisted that Medical officers state, in all their Requisitions, the quantities on hand of the articles for which they ask. Form No. G (Special Requisition) is intended to be used only when supplies are purchased by a quartermaster. Medical officers, in dating their communications " Camp Bartow,''* " Camp Bee,'''' &c., are instructed to mention the nearest post office, or military depot. The senior Medical officer of commands, besides inspecting Hos- pitals, will, under the authority of the commanding officer, inspect camps, and see that stringent rules of police are enforced. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 61 CORRESPONDENCE. The Surgeon General directs that official letters addressed to him by medical officers of the army, be written on letter paper (quarto post) whenever practicable, and not on note or foolscap paper- Also, that the letter be folded in three equal folds parallel with the writing, and endorsed on that fold which corresponds with the top of tbe eheet; thus: (Name and rank of writer.) (Post or station and date of letter.) (Analysis of contents.) 1^^^ i w