On military and camp hospitals, and the health of troops in the field : being the results of a commission to inspect the sanitary arrangements of the French Army, and incidentally of other armies in the Crimean War / by L. Baudens ; translated and annotated by Franklin B. Hough.
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On military and camp hospitals, and the health of troops in the field : being the results of a commission to inspect the sanitary arrangements of the French Army, and incidentally of other armies in the Crimean War / by L. Baudens ; translated and annotated by Franklin B. Hough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![lost or imporilled by imprudence, a life of wliicli tlie nation had need. The preservation of tlie soldier, sent out at great expense, is the first thing of interest to a people who may be conducting a foreign war, and it is the first pledge of success. Diseases slay more men than steel and ])owder, and it is often easy to pre- vent them by a few simple hygienic precautions,* * The history of the United wStates lias hitherto afforded but slender matei'ials for statistical deductions of the sickness of armies, and of losses by war. In the Mexican war, the standing army was increased by ten new regiments, and a large volunteer force, which was mus- tered out of the service upon the peace. The following summaries sliow that there occurred most extraordinary percentages of losses from disease, as compared with those by death or disability from battle:— I 01(1 Esta-1 'blishnient. Ten New Eegini'ts. Agfrrcgate officers and men Average length of service (months). Discharged by expiration of service. for disaljility bv order of civil authority total Deaths, killed in battle, oflicers. ... men died of wounds, olllcers men 1 total killed and died of wounds, officers. men ordinary, otlicers '■ men accidental aggregate..; Wounded in battle, officers men Resignations Desertions lo,73G 26 l,5(il 1,782 373 8,716 41 422 22 807 63 729 49 2.574 139 8,554 118 1.685 ST 2.247 11,186 15 12 TOT 114 893 5 62 5 Tl 10 133 36 2,056 30 2.264 86 236 92 602 Volun- teers. Total. 73,532 10 50,5T8 7,200 2,016 9,216 47 46T 100 47 50T 6,256 102 7,078 129 1,189 827 8,876 100,454 52,146 9,749 2,503 13,825 93 951 2T 4T8 120 1,429 10,885 861 12,896 283 8,110 466 6,725 Tb.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21951780_0075.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
