Fort Bliss Hospital [Albumen Print]
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Fort Bliss Hospital [Albumen Print]Description
An 1882 cabinet card of the original Fort Bliss hospital by "The W. E. HOOK WHOLESALE VIEW CO., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO." On verso (stamped in purple and ninety degrees counterclockwise: "From MEXICAN & INDIAN CURIO CO. / EL PASO, TEXAS." William Edward Hook (Colorado Springs, Colorado). This photo was retailed by the Mexican & Indian Company in El Paso,Context
In 1893, a hospital was built on present day Fort Bliss, supporting the permanent regimental post with missions along the Mexican border. The Fort Bliss Post Hospital, as it was called then, occupied buildings 8 and 9. Building 8 served as the main hospital facility while Building 9 served as an isolation ward. This small post hospital was adequate for providing the health needs of Fort Bliss until the second decade of the twentieth century, when the influx of Soldiers to the installation during the unstable period of the Mexican Revolution necessitated the construction of a new facility.Category
Handbook of Texas Medicine
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