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A closer look at Richmond’s Medical Miracle
11/26/2011 10:43 AM by John M
ABOVE: Chimborazo Hospital 1863
Writing for the New York Times’ Opinionator, Lois Leveen has a long look at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond’s Medical Miracle:
During the opening months of the Civil War, the streets of Richmond, Va., filled with bloodied bodies. The thousands of Confederate wounded were treated in a range of makeshift hospitals hastily established in hotels, factories and private homes. But by autumn, as hopes the conflict would be brief faded, it became clear a war of this magnitude required a modernized medical response.
TAGGED: Chimborazo Hospital
It’s a perfect day for a walk around Chimborazo and a visit to the medical museum. This is one of Richmond’s most fascinating and beautiful places.