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[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Salmon P. Chase, September 28, asking that a ward in the Capitol Hospital be assigned to Dr. S. W. Forsha to treat wounded soldiers with his ``Balm.'' Dr. Forsha had been denied access to a wounded soldier who wished to try his remedy. Apparently the surgeon general did not act, for on December 17, Attorney General Bates endorsed a note from Forsha with the comment that ``it is evident that Dr. Forsha is not much of a scholar. But he certainly has great curative powers; and really works wonders in relieving pain and healing wounds.'' Forsha's letter reads as follows: ``If the President will give me the charge of a hospital or a ward in one to use my owne medisen in and up on the wounded Soldiers for three Months I will insure ninety percent of all the flesh wounds to be well and the Soldiers to be in a healthy condition and fit for duty within thirty days from the time I take them if I can have them within 8 or 10 days from