Rules for preserving the health of the soldier.

  • Van Buren, W. H. (William Holme), 1819-1883.
Date:
[1861]
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Credit: Rules for preserving the health of the soldier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. RULES FOR PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF THE SOLDIER. FOCETH EDITION. The members of the Sanitary Commission order- ed by the President of the United States, and act- ing under the direction of the Secretary of War, in cooperation with the Army Medical Bureau, to secure by all possible means the health and effi- ciency of our troops now in the field, and to prevent unnecessary disease and suffering, do most earnestly and affectionately request their brethren of the vol- unteers and militia to adopt and carry out the fol- lowing Rules for preserving the health op the soldier. They are derived from the highest authority and the largest experience of military and medical men, and it is believed that, if followed with the intelligence and honesty of purpose which char- acterize the American soldier, they will save the