Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary Condition of the Army.
- Date:
- 1858
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![intendant militaire. Sometimes all these formalities cannot be fulfilled, and then the signature of the chief officer in service, and that of the sous-intendunt militah'e will suffice. Soldiers travelling alone must be furnished with an admission ticket, signed by the commandant of the place, or a staff officer, and vised by the sous-intendant militaire. The officier dadministration at the head of the admission office, must verify the signatures of the tickets, particularly when the applicants do not belong to the garrison, to guard against forgery ; and in case of doubt ho must refer to the director. If a wounded or sick military man presents him- self Avithout his ticket, in a state declared by the medical officer on guard not to allow of his removal either to his corps or to the office of the soits-inten- dant militaire, a ticket of urgency may be granted to him, in order that he maj'' receive immediate assist- ance, provided it be ascertained that he is a soldier, and to Avhat corps or branch of the service he belongs. If he is on the strength of the garrison, a ticket must be claimed from the corps to which he belongs ; otherwise, from the sous-intendant militaire, to whom also are sent, all the papers and the provisonal ticket, that he may complete its validity by his signature, after he has verified the signature of the medical officer testifying to the urgency of the immediate admission of the patient. Whenever a soldier is brought in Avoundcd, or dangerously ill, it is of the greatest importance to ascertain the most minute particulars respecting the individual, as well as the circumstances relating to the Avound, and also the names of the parties ac- companying him, to be fui-nished for the guidance of justice, in case of a legal invesiigation taking place. If the Avounded or sick man is found to be a civilian, the medical officer on duty Avill be requested to afford him the most urgent relief, and then to remove him to the nearest civil hospital. The admission-ticket must shoAv, besides the christian and surname of the invalid, his rank or employment, the number of the register-book, and of the annual control book ; the numbers of the com- pany, battalion, or squadron, and of the regiment to Avhich he belongs (his nation, if a prisoner of war), the date and place of his birth, parish, district, and province ; the names and residence of his parents, his personal description, particular marks, &c., &c, ; and his place of destination after his recovery. The ticket must declare also, Avhether he is on leave, disbanded, or on pension; in the latter case, the amount of pension he receives, and Avhere he re- ceives it. Officers on half-pay can be admitted into military hospitals only in case they have to undergo some great surgical operation, or Avhen labouring under serious infirmities resulting from the fatigues of Avar. For these, the signature of the sous-intendant militaire is necessary, previous to theis admission. The same rule applies to all pensioners. The dates upon the tickets of admission must be written out in full, and in case of any mistake, they must be rectified and initialed, either by the officier d'administration or by the sous-intendant militaire, as the case may require. All the dates must be entered in a book. Tickets of admission on transfer must convey all the necessary particulars, and if many men are trans- ferred at the same time from one hospital to another, a general list, with all the relative particulars, may be draAvn up, from Avhich the ncAv admission tickets are made out. Should particulars be Avanted the director of the hospital shall procure them from the director of the other hospital or from the corps. Chapter 3d. Precautions to he taken on the Reception of the Patients and their Distribution into the fVards. ^di sion, On an invalid presenting himself for admission into 3ro itiesi the hospital, the surgeon on duty shall question him t] sig- )t1 of e IS- teiait ill re. at to be rii 1 at 11, id ct a- on f isi es iti ■d. dr sions at isfer ck at once, in order to ascertain the nature of his disease, and the ward to Avhich he ought to be assigned. When his admission is approved by the medical officer the officier d'administration having directed him to a comfortable seat, must carefully examine the ticket he bears, cross examining him upon all the particulars requisite to make him certain of the identity of the individual. Should the invalid be unable to ansAver, or if any doubt should arise from his ansAvers or other circum- stances, ho Avill cause liim to produce his pocket book or other papers of a natui'e to remove such doubts, and if any remain still, he shall report the same to the director. From the particulars contained in the ticket or list brought from the corps, or from another hospital, a new ticket of admission is drawn up Avith all the most minute particulars as directed in the preceding chapter. A duplicate or copy is then made out Avliich is called the ticket of issue, because it is delivered to the patient on his going out of the hospital, either cured or transferred to another hospital. On both these tickets an exact inventory must be inscribed of the effects and arms, as Avell as of any objects of value that he may have on him, and Avhich he Avill be requested to deposit. Every object and kind of coin must be specified and described on the tickets, and a receipt for them at the bottom must be signed by the officier d administratioii in order that on his going out there may not be any dispute on the subject. If the patient insists upon denying having anything to deposit, it must be added at the foot of the description of the effects, that he declares that he has nothing to deposit. He marks then o i the tableau (') of the Avard specially appointed lor the treatment of the disease in question, the number Avhere the patient is to be placed, inscribes it also at the top of the tickets of admission and of Avard after the No. of the Ward, and inserts a label {^) bearing the name of the man in the place corresponding to tliat he is to occupy. Having fulfilled these formalities, a number is given to the invalid, Avhich shows tiie place occupied by his effects, and Avhich is added to his duplicate or issue ticket, and also to his Avard ticket, then he is conducted to the dressing-room, Avhere in exchange for his clotlies he receives a shirt, a cap (avooHcu in Avinter), a pair of socks, a pair of slippers, troAvsers, and a gOAvn. His own clothes are tied up in a bundle in his presence, and the number he bears attached thereto. Before making up the bundle all dirty clothes must be separated to be Avashed. In some hospitals Avlien the medical officer's office is distant from that of the officier d'administration, the patient is examined by him after the other formalities have been fulfilled, but the other course is j^referable. As soon as he is installed in his bed the infirmier under Avhose care he is placed, makes a detailed report of all the particulars, and delivers to the dress stores a suit of hospital effects similar to that worn by the ncAvly-admitted patient, out of the suits that he has always in reserve. If there are scA'eral patients admitted at the same time the same formalities are gone through for each separately, giving precedence to those more seriously ill. Patients in a very grave state must be taken immediately to their beds, and the necessary for- malities fulfilled afterAvards. The utmost despatch is to be recommended to the officiers d'administration in all these formalities in order to abridge the sufferings of the patients requiring rest and relief. Chapter 4th. Hook-keeping. Tiie officier d'administration charged Avith the registers, must be careful that every entry is kept in the most regular and complete order, Avithout arrears of a single day or omissions of any kind. (') The tableau an:l labels Arill be described hereafter. 3 Z 3 and pre- cautions. Duplicate of admis- sion ticket or issue ticket. Inventory of objects deposited to be in- scribed on tickets. Declaration of having no objects of value. Tableau. Number for objects deposited. Clothes diposited. Dirty clothes Abashed. Patients severely ill to have first cares. Quickness recommen- ded in the admis- sions. No omis- sion or arrear allowed.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365210_0671.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
