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Confederate Surgeon encourages ball-playing

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location US South
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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In his "Manual of Military Surgery" for CS surgeons, noted Dr. Julian Chisolm recommended that the army encourage "gymnastic exercises" to relieve the soldier's boredom: 

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Chisolm book. See also Kirsch book, p. 31.

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