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Title: The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: United States Surgeon General's Office Barnes, Joseph K, 1817-1883 Huntington, David Lowe, 1834-1899 Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 Smart, Charles Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884
Subjects: Medicine, Military Surgery, Military United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical and sanitary affairs
Publisher: Washington Govt. print. off
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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w to recover and little able to bear their hard labors and the rigors of the climate; frost-bites were common.The troops were not completely housed until Jan. 3, 1SG8. In the mean time the lessons of the war were not forgotten by medical and companyofficers and post commanders. Efforts were made to raise such vegetables as were adapted to grow in the soil of the garrisoned localities; and at postswhere the soil was arid and sterile a larger allowance of flour or bread was authorized to admit of the purchase of articles to vary the diet by means ofthe money-value of the uuconsumed portions cf the ration. In September, 18G7, the Subsistence Department was required to keep on hand liberal sup-plies of canned fruits aud vegetables for sale to officers for their personal use and company messes. The effect of these measures was seen in the year1SG8-09 in the reduction of the annual rate of scurvy to 4.8 per thousand of strength. Since that time the disease has been practically excluded from
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.1 s- g I ^■^ IS- ;i, ^-^ ^yy scuKVY. 695 men had been enrolled, the rate of scurvy was 7.7 per thousand, or nearly double the rateof the white troops when the epidemic in the Army of the Potomac raised it to its maximum.From this a cachectic condition must be inferred as having been in existence at the time oftheir enlistment; and this seems the more likely when it is considered that most of themhad endured many hardships in those disturbed times before their admission into the servicegave them a position and resources. The tendency of the colored men to succumb undermorbific influences, a reference to which has already been made, might be suggested inexplanation of the extension of scorbutic disease among them, and the remarks of SuigeonH. W. Brown, 4th Corps DAfrique, submitted below, might be cited in support of this view;but this is manifestly inconsistent with the fact that during the last half of the year endingJune 30,1866, the number of scorbutics in the colored ranks was r

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