Sally Tompkins was famous for
establishing a hospital for the wounded soldiers. She named her hospital
after the man who gave it to her, Judge Robertson. She opened her
hospital, Robertson Hospital on July 31st, 1861 and received her first
patient the day after. She asked friends to be her assistants. All of her
staff were female volunteers, and cooks. Sally's hospital was always clean
because she was obsessed with cleanliness. Sally always had her medicine
bag wherever she went because she believed it bought her good luck. Her
hospital was one of the hospitals that did not shut down unlike
others. |
