BY PHŒBE YATES PEMBER, NEW YORK: Copyright, 1879, by G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers . LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. MDCCCLXXIX. Samuel Stodder, Stereotyper, 90 Ann Street, N. Y. Trow Printing and Book Binding Co. N. Y....

Soon after the breaking out of the Southern war, the need of hospitals, properly organized and arranged, began to be felt, and buildings adapted for the purpose were secured by government. Richmond, being nearest the scene of action, took the lead in this matter, and the formerly hastily contrived accommodations for the sick were soon replaced by larger, more comfortable and better ventilated buildings. The expense of keeping up small hospitals had forced itself upon the attention of the surgeon