Surgeon Day Room

Surgeon Day Room (HM1FTK)

Location: Rome, NY 13440 Oneida County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 12.647', W 75° 27.318'

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Fort Stanwix National Monument


In a room such as this, the fort surgeon would have diagnosed the sick and treated the day-to-day illnesses of the garrison. The main illnesses were muscle strain due to the constant hard labor needed to run the fort, and infectious diseases contracted in the crowded and unfavorable conditions prevalent at the fort.

Treatments were agonizing and dangerous: a common treatment for all ills was bloodletting, which was thought to rid the body of disease.

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A Description of Bloodletting
Place patient hand in hot water to swell veins.
Tie a cloth tape at the pulse area of the wrist.
Patient opens and closes hand two or three times to increase swelling.
Patient hand is stretched open and the vein is pierced lengthwise with a small knife called a lancet.
The patient hand is dipped in hot water to make the blood flow freely and the cloth tape is loosened to allow the "impure" blood to escape.
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Friday, September 12th, 2014 at 7:40pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 463016 N 4784322
Decimal Degrees43.21078333, -75.45530000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 12.647', W 75° 27.318'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 12' 38.8200" N, 75° 27' 19.0800" W
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Area Code(s)315
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 168-174 N James St, Rome NY 13440, US
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