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THBConfederate Hospital Regulations. Gen'l Hospital, No. 3, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1863 Broadside
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Printed broadside, approx. 8.25 x 12 in. Hospital Regulations. Gen'l Hospital, No. 3. Lynchburg, VA. July 1, 1863.
This Confederate broadside features regulations for General Hospital No. 3 undersigned by "Surgeon in Charge," Thomas H. Fisher. There are twelve regulations in total dealing with patient and staff conduct. The first regulation reads, "Patients entering the Hospital will be careful to give their full names, company, and regiment to the Wardmaster correctly, in order that they may receive their letters promptly - that their friends may be enabled to find them without difficulty, and that the Hospital may not be embarrassed."
The fourth regulation reads, "Patients will be cleanly in their persons and apparel; respectful and soldierly in their deportment. Profanity must be studiously avoided, and abusive language or insulting epithets, from one to another, is especially forbidden."
The seventh regulation prohibits patients from "defacing and injuring Hospital property," and states that any property willfully damaged by a patient will be charged to his name.
The ninth regulation speaks to a possible shortage of staff, stating, "Convalescents, not sufficiently recovered to return to the field, are subject to the orders of the Surgeon in charge for any light duty he may consider them able to perform."
Most of the regulations set forth in this broadside have to do with unruly patient behavior that might have been rampant prior to the enforcement of these rules. The Civil War era in medicine was rather primitive, predating the Germ Theory and numerous other discoveries that would make medicine a more systematic, professional, and successful practice. Civil War hospitals were also notably overcrowded and underemployed. These regulations were probably aimed at helping hospital staff do their jobs more efficiently, given the circumstances.
Parrish & Willingham 1971.
Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co.
Some water staining throughout, otherwise condition is consistent with age of item.Condition
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