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View Through Window at Pest House Medical Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
Thirty-three year old Dr. John Jay Terrell (1829-1922) discovered the wretched conditions in the Pest House and volunteered to assume responsibility for the soldiers. Dr. Terrell Quote: "I put my painter and carpenter to work, using lime and yellow paint on outside and black on inside to save my patients' eyes. To overcome the offensive odor I had dry white sand put on the floor. I had a barrel of linseed oil and limewater to use as an ointment, with which I greased sores, so had no more sticking of clothing." The reforms enacted by Dr. Terrell reduced the Pest House mortality rate from 50 percent to five percent.

View Through The Window of Pest House Medical Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
These exhibits represent both the primitive conditions of Lynchburg's Pest House during the Civil War and a typical country doctor's office as would have been used by Dr. Terrell following his Confederate medical service.

Looks Like Beehives Next to Cemetery Center - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA

Side View of Cemetery Center - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
Another view of the old original cemetery wall. This historic brick wall is part of all that remains of the Cemetery's original enclosure, which was built in sections beginning in 1827, and extended almost one mile in length. Most was demolished by the city as it deteriorated through the years. The 800-foot portion, still standing about 5 feet tall, was built in 1867-1868. It devides the "old" antebellum graveyard from the "new" 20th century additions.

Original Potter's Field Monument - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
Interesting stone work on this monument. This enclosure honors the citizens buried in this area from about 1960 to 1994. Many names are listed on tablets and others are unknown. The monument was built in 1994.

Hearse House & Caretaker's Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
This museum tells the story of the care of the cemetery's grounds and gravemarkers over the past 200 years.

What Is A Gravemarker? Hearse House & Caretaker's Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA

Horse-drawn Hearse - Hearse House & Caretaker's Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
This elegant horse-drawn hearse used by Lynchburg's W.D. Diuguid Funeral Directors in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Diuguid Funeral Home began in 1817 as Winston & Diuguid, a small furniture-making business whose products included coffins. It's still in business.

Hearse House & Caretaker's Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
The sand-filled carving table was used to secure gravestones while they were chiseled by hand. By 1950 the ease and popularity of sandblasting made this method of gravestone carving obsolete.

View Through Window at Pest House Medical Museum - Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
Thirty-three year old Dr. John Jay Terrell (1829-1922) discovered the wretched conditions in the Pest House and volunteered to assume responsibility for the soldiers. Dr. Terrell Quote: "I put my painter and carpenter to work, using lime and yellow paint on outside and black on inside to save my patients' eyes. To overcome the offensive odor I had dry white sand put on the floor. I had a barrel of linseed oil and limewater to use as an ointment, with which I greased sores, so had no more sticking of clothing." The reforms enacted by Dr. Terrell reduced the Pest House mortality rate from 50 percent to five percent.

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