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"New" Hospital: Work was begun on the "New" Hospital in 1869, but it was not finished until 1874 or later. After the Civil War, "Buffalo Soldiers" (a 1997 partially fictitious movie about these soldiers, "Buffalo Soldiers", starred Danny Glover) were stationed here, and "colored" and "white" wards and barracks were designated. The design of this building, shown by the original plans of 1868, was an advancement, both architecturally and socially. Unlike the guard house, colored patients here had identical space and access to heating and cooling ("ventilation boxes" were at ceiling level to circulate air during the heat of the summer). The number of annual incidents of illness and injury was often very high in proportion to the number of soldiers. Fevers, venereal diseases, dysentery, hernias, and accidental injuries were the most common complaints. April 2000 |
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