Down South Or An Englishmans Experience At the Seat of the American War Volu
Down South Or An Englishmans Experience At the Seat of the American War Volu
Samuel Phillips Day
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11. Another School-house in Clay Street had twenty patients. 12. Catholic Hospital of St. Francis de Sales accommodated two hundred wounded. These hospitals, however, did not contain more than a fractional part of the sick and wounded. There was scarcely a gentleman in or about Eich- mond who had not from one to four patients in his house, upon whom the utmost attention was bestowed. One prominent citizen died of typhoid fever, which had been communicated to him by one of his guests. Too much e...ulogy cannot be bestowed upon the female portion of the community for their untir ing exertions and remarkable self-denial. Their 104 HOSPITALS AND PRISONS. gentle forms bending over suffering humanity, whilst administering medicines or nourishment, forcibly recalled to my mind the well-known lines of Walter Scott: " When pain and anguish rend the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " And "ministering angels" they assuredly were. During long weary hours I have noticed ladies patiently standing by the bed-side of the wounded, in closely -confined wards, engaged in fanning away the flies, which were very numerous, lest they should disturb or irritate the patients.
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