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Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chimborazo Medical Museum
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Allen
March 21, 2018
Chimborazo Hospital was an American Civil War era facility built in Richmond, Virginia to service the medical needs of the Confederate Army. It functioned between 1862 and 1865 in what is now Chimborazo Park, treating over 76,000 injured Confederate soldiers. During its existence, the hospital admitted nearly 78,000 patients and between 6,500 and 8,000 of these patients died. This mortality rate of between 8.3 and 10.3 percent is among the lowest such rates of period military hospitals.
Chimborazo Hospital was an American Civil War era facility built in Richmond, Virginia to service the medical needs of the Confederate Army. It functioned between 1862 and 1865 in what is now Chimborazo Park, treating over 76,000 injured Confederate soldiers. During its existence, the hospital admit…
Danny
July 3, 2018
The museum focuses on the Confederate medical story and contains exhibits on medical equipment and hospital life, including information on the men and women who staffed Chimborazo hospital. This building is also the Headquarters for Richmond National Battlefield Park/Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site.
Lara
October 8, 2017
This is on the site of the largest hospital during the civil war. If that type of history is your thing, it's worth seeing the building and sites.
Jes
April 26, 2018
This place is awesome! Located in the front of Chimbarazo Park, great history, great video and 3D model of where Hospitals used to line the park.
Liz
April 25, 2016
Former site of the world's largest hospital there's an excellent little medical history museum about the military hospital that once stood in Chimborazo Park.
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