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Excerpt from The Lady Nurse of Ward E
Perhaps it is not known to many that the Armory Square Hospital was constructed through the desire of President Lincoln to have one as complete and comfortable as could be devised, near the steamboat land ing. In 1862 he called D. Willard Bliss, Surgeon, United States Volun teers, from a Michigan regiment, to organize a system of general hos pitals in and about Washington. One result of his coming was the speedy erection of this one, on Govern ment land, about the Armory, oppo site the Smithsonian grounds. All of Dr. Bliss''s far-seeing suggestions and ingenious, though simple, ar rangements to aid in caring for the sick and wounded were discussed weekly with the President. So later the hospital came to be considered.
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Perhaps it is not known to many that the Armory Square Hospital was constructed through the desire of President Lincoln to have one as complete and comfortable as could be devised, near the steamboat land ing. In 1862 he called D. Willard Bliss, Surgeon, United States Volun teers, from a Michigan regiment, to organize a system of general hos pitals in and about Washington. One result of his coming was the speedy erection of this one, on Govern ment land, about the Armory, oppo site the Smithsonian grounds. All of Dr. Bliss''s far-seeing suggestions and ingenious, though simple, ar rangements to aid in caring for the sick and wounded were discussed weekly with the President. So later the hospital came to be considered.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Amanda Akin Stearns
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ISBN - 9780266335894
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 322
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Author
Amanda Akin Stearns
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ISBN - 9781332318902
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 324
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