Contemporary Wars, 1853-1866; Statistical Researches Respecting the Loss of Men and Money Involved in Them - Brossura

Leroy-Beaulieu, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1151548081 ISBN 13: 9781151548085

Casa editrice: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... Received into Killed Ambulances or Hospitals. Dead. Died in France in consequence of diseases and wounds contracted during the war, up to 31st Dec, 1857--... 15,025 Total 436,144... 95,615 Thus, according to Dr. Chenu's calculation, which cannot be refuted, France lost 95,615 men in the Crimean War; the number of men whom she had sent to the East at different periods of the struggle form a total of 309,268; hence we see that the number of dead are, to those sent out, nearly in the proportion of 1 to 3. It is interesting to investigate the causes of this mortality. The preceding table indicates that only 10,240 men were killed by the enemy; the number of those who sunk in consequence of their wounds was not much greater; there remains, then, about 75,000 men who died of cholera, of scurvy, or of other diseases. We have seen that the cholera carried off, during the first four months of the expedition, on Turkish territory, 8,084 men; and, according to the estimate of M. Jacquot, the mortality attributable to scurvy comprehended one-third of the total loss. The 20,000 men who died on the field of battle, or in consequence of their wounds, had at least obtained a speedy death, accompanied by innumerable glorious associations. But these 75,000 victims of cholera, of typhus, and of hospital corruption, were obliged to undergo all the delays, all the sufferings and miseries of a death of unmitigated horror. We are bound to make this distinction between the diseased and the wounded, for the amount of the calamities of war can only be really understood when we take a correct account of the sufferings of those unnoticed multitudes slowly and needlessly consumed by disease. If 95,615 Frenchmen were carried off by death, are we to believe that this is the limit of ou...

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• Editore: General Books LLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1151548081
• ISBN 13: 9781151548085
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 22