MEDICAL  PURVEYING  DEPARTMENT  OP  U.  S.  ARMY.  97 
ARTICLES. 
ARTICLES. 
Slates  no. 
Spatulas,  3-inch  and  6-inch, no. 
Spirit  Lamp  no. 
Spit  Mugs,  without  top... ....no. 
Spittoons  no 
Stoves,  Cooking,  withfixt'rs  no. 
Tables,  Bedside  no. 
xest  Tubes  no. 
Thermometer  no. 
and  Hygrometer,  no. 
Tin  Warmer,  for  Stomach... no. 
for  Feet  no. 
Tubs,  Bath  no. 
Urinals,  Glass  no. 
Vials,  assorted  no. 
Wood-Saws  ....doz. 
Class  No.  2. 
Bowls,  Delf  no. 
Cleavers  no. 
Dippers,  Tin  no. 
Dishes,  assorted  no. 
Flesh  Forks    no. 
Gridirons  no. 
Kettles,  Tea,  Iron  no. 
Knives  &  Forks,  of  each  no. 
Carving,  of  each,  no. 
Bread   no. 
Butcher's  no. 
Ladles  no 
Mags,  Delf  no. 
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2 
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Pans,  Frying  no. 
Sauce.  >....no. 
Tin  no. 
Pitchers,  Delf  no. 
Plates,  Delf  no. 
Pots,  Coffee,  Tin  no. 
Mustard  no 
Pepper  no 
Tea,  Delf  no. 
Salt-Cellars  no. 
Spoons,  Table   no 
Tea  >..no 
Steel  no. 
2  Trays,  Butler's  no. 
Tumblers,  Glass  no 
'Carbolic  acid,  (Bower's,) 
sulphate  of  iron,  nitrate  of  lead 
chlorinated  lime,  permanganate 
of  potash,  or  charcoal,  will  be 
furnished  as  antiseptics  or  dis- 
infectants, when  required. 
'  Applications  for  microscopes 
by  medical  officers  in  charge  of 
eneral  hospitals  will  be  favor- 
ably considered,  provided  the 
evidence  be  satisfactory  that  the 
officer  will  use  the  instrument 
for  the  benefit  of  science,  and 
will  report  the  results  of  his 
observations  to  the  Surgeon 
General." 
In  addition  to  the  articles  enumerated.  Ice  is  fully  supplied 
to  the  sick.  The  quantity  issued  at  Memphis,  for  the  year  end- 
ing May  31st,  1864,  being  no  less  than  4908  tons.  The  manner 
of  issuing  supplies  is  laid  down  in  official  regulations,  as  fol- 
lows : — 
"  Medical  Purveyors  and  Medical  Storekeepers  at  depots  for  issue,  and 
at  field  depots,  and  the  senior  medical  officers  of  hospitals,  regiments, 
posts,  or  detached  commands,  will  make  their  requisitions  for  medical  and 
hospital  supplies  upon  the  Medical  Director,  under  whom  they  may  be 
serving.  The  Medical  Director  will  approve  or  modify  the  requisitions 
at  his  discretion  ;  and,  in  ordinary  cases,  will  transmit  them  to  the  nearest 
Purveyor  or  Medical  Storekeeper,  with  his  order  for  the  supplies.  If, 
however,  the  amount  required  be  large,  and  the  situation  and  nature  of 
the  service  permit,  the  Medical  Director  will  transmit  the  requisitions, 
with  his  recommendations  indorsed  thereon,  to  the  Surgeon  General. 
Requisitions  for  outfits  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies  will  be  made 
for  three  months,  and  in  the  form  of  a  letter,  stating  the  number  of  meE 
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