112   PHARMACEUTICAL  DEPARTMENT  OP  A  U.  S.  A.  HOSPITAL. 
Not  on  Supply  Table,  and  furnished  by  special  requisition. 
Bromine   13  lbs. 
Lupuline   £  " 
Powd.  Rad.  Jalap   1£  « 
Ext.  Fid.  Sarsap   33  " 
Potass.  Permang   12£  " 
Potassii  Bromid   2  oz. 
Gum  Ammoniac   1^  lbs. 
Pix  Abietis    ,   10  " 
and  many  others. 
From  this  it  will  be  perceived  that,  in  most  instances,  the 
allowance  is  in  great  excess,  falling  short  mostly  in  the  way  of 
"  Dressings,"  Chloroform,  the  simple  and  camphorated  Tincture 
of  Opium,  and  Sulphate  of  Morphia.  Chloroform  is  used  here, 
almost  entirely,  in  preference  to  Ether. 
Where  the  allowance  falls  short,  special  requisitions  are  made 
on  the  Purveyor.  Almost  any  additional  medicines  may  be  ob- 
tained in  this  way.  Some  of  those  obtained  are  mentioned  in 
the  table  I  have  furnished. 
It  will  be  seen  that  the  reputation  of  our  Government,  for  the 
care  of  its  soldiers,  is  well  sustained  in  the  matter  of  medical 
supplies. 
A  yearly  report  of  all  medical  and  hospital  property  received, 
expended,  issued,  and  remaining,  must  be  furnished  to  the  Medi- 
cal Department  at  Washington,  and  every  article  that  has  been 
supplied  must  be  satisfactorily  accounted  for.  Broken  articles 
are  "condemned"  at  the  time  of  the  visit  of  the  "iDspector," 
and  those  destroyed  require  a  voucher,  properly  signed. 
As  regards  the  Pharmaceutical,  as  well  as  in  the  other  de- 
partments of  this  Hospital,  the  greatest  economy,  consistent  with 
the  comfort  of  the  patients,  is  practiced ;  and  few  "  leaks  "  es- 
cape the  vigilance  of  the  Surgeon  in  charge  and  his  executive 
officer. 
I  cannot  close  this  article  without  acknowledging  the  courtesy, 
in  regard  to  these  details,  of  Steward  Pierson  and  his  assistants. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  8,  1865. 
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