Hospital tents and surgeons.

Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21

Hi everyone. Just A thought.

Did they have hospital tents during the Zulu War? Or were the wounded troops treated out in the open on the battlefield. I know the troops had the Bell tents, but did they have specially adapted tents that would able to accommodate a large number of troops if needed. I can’t see them carting off the wounded to the nearest hospital. And thinking about it they must have had surgeons attached to the column in order to treat the wounded almost immediately. Which would have been a bit risky especially if the surgeons were killed.

Subject: hospital tents Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:44 am

hi dave ,
Yes, they had hospital tents and hospitals , also ambulances to ferry the sick and injured and wounded back to
natal. i have posted a couple of articles from SURGEON- GENERAL WOOLFREYE"S ACCOUNT of the zulu war.
not sure where they are !, possibly in the GENERAL DISCUSSION forum, if you scroll through the old postings you
may come across them.
cheers 90th.