Note 23 — CHAP. I.
Reading edition
It is proper to mention, that the name of the disease in the hospital books being taken from the ticket sent on shore with each sick person, great accuracy is not to be expected, as this is frequently done in a careless manner. My returns were made with great exactness; and, in the latter part of the war, the hospital books may also be depended upon in this respect, the tickets, at my request, having been made out with accuracy.