Describe a war military hospital.?

Answer 1

It helps if you narrow down hundreds of years of military hospitals in history with a date. Otherwise, it cannot be done.

Answer 2

It depends on what type of hospital, (a Mobile army hospital, or a static hospital), when (conditions in a Crimean war hospital were different to a Vietnam war hospital). Generally though, they're not pleasant places. During the Napoleonic war a damaged limb could be removed in a mater of about 2mins, however, anesthesia was limited to a couple of shots of rum. The biggest killer was infection, any open wound is a possible infection site, however during warfare shrapnel and general conditions in the field mean there's an increased risk of infection. Primarily in combat if you receive medical care within 1 hour of being wounded your chances of survival increase radically.
Generally, for a modern battlefield the process is something like this-
Immediately after being wounded, your fellow squad members attempt to stabilize you and treat the wound. If in a large scale battle, a combat medic (a bit like a EMT/paramedic)may be on hand and will attempt to treat you and stabilize your condition as best he can before prioritizing your evacuation to an aid station. From the aid station your condition is further assessed and treatment given (usually by doctors) accordingly. from there you're further evac'ed to a field hospital (may involve being flown back to your home country) where the priority moves from stabilizing your condition and keeping you alive, to actual treatment, including surgery (if needed).

Answer 3

Obviously, they have varied of the ages, and their nature depends on whether they are on the battleground (as in the TV series Mash) or away from the battleground as in Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to Arms. These hospitals specialize in treating soldiers' wounds and illnesses, and they tend to have a large surgical load because of battle wounds. Hospitals close to battle tend to be temporary and makeshift; they specialize in stabilizing people so they can be sent to full hospitals. My favorite descriptions of Civil War hospitals are found in Hospital Sketches, by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.