The New York herald., 1876-09-17
THE TURKISH HOSPITALS.

lNisch august ICY correspondence Of the London
Standard.)
/ have not becn to Knjazevatz, for before had
reached Granada | met the SPECIAL correspondent OF
Hungarian paper. who, together with the dragoman
of another colleague, who was going to Nisch to buy
provisions tobacco and knives, forks. plates spoons,
&c The orrespondens-among thcm my colleague Of
the Standard-who had followed the army Of Osman
Pacha are at Knaxevatz and will be
OF battle, while VIC three correspondents here, who
intend 10 follow the chief army the Morava Val
ley, si condemned to wait At least so 900 men,
a third of whom regular troops, though all well
armed are posted the line Nisch Uerkub, but they
serve other purpose than TO help to poison the
To 1t perfectly incomprehensblo that no
,b,s place It Would rage fearfu,ly' At pre.
sent lar as private observation and Information
allow to Judge the mortality is very little greater
than usual in the month OF August-narncly II Is at
most five times great as in London only almost all
whom know complain of pressure in the region of tho
heart-any hing but reassuring symptom. Since the
tnguishabe by having largo metal crosse by tho side
Of the Crescent their breast The want Of cleanliness
and the horrible smells in tho streets have arisen In
gcometrlcal proportion. " Is true, to-day, in every
street two Bulgarian peasants well paid for their
implements they have arc little hand brushes
such We use for brushing clothes. When
alter hours, they have collected small heap
OF dirt they throw 1t with their hands into q
rickeiy old whccbarrow, and the first gust Of wind
often blows II out again; only the number OF melon
lying tho miserable pavement, dangerous for
both mon and horses, and the sleeps skulls have d.
minshed The Arnauts live on sour milk, in which
they crumble maize bread and sleeps heads, which
the lifelong day carried through the streets
boards odor almost horrible the IT.
tic sausages which the soitas gre so fond Of These
sausages composed OF an indescrbabo mess of
meat formed by tho fingers into cones and cylinders
and then passed metal plate under which there
Is fire. Besides the consumption Of this disgusting
food, the sotas have another occupation at present
they visit the shopkeepers, drink black coffee III the
bazaars. and serve protection against the rob-
bng propcnsities OF the Arnauts. Here and there
Nzam Redif may also be seen per-
forming this useful service OF the soitas.
n will spare my readers the sad and sicken-
ing description oil wounds and operations, and only
mention that general the number OF cuts aud bay
onct thrusts was small that OF the gunshot wounds
been shot la the back The wounded arrive from tho
battle fields in ptable condition; tho balls and
spncrs of bone have not been extracted their wounds
only closed with trrum sesqui chiorafum soutum,
causing the dreadful incrustatons TO be formed
Tho rational treatment OF the patients meets with
many difficulties, especially as already stated,
from the want OF space, OF good air, and a
then, IN tho absence of proper syrnges,
the doctors Obliged to little glass and the
cleansing OF tho wounds being thus only imperfactly
performed, most Of them assume dangerous character
and the mortality increases In an alarming manner
The operations are performed by professor OF sur
gerry, who from Consantinope for this purpose,
accom- panied by number of medical students but he
brought such imperfect supply Of instruments with
blood. At last young Viennese surgeon, DIR. Lich-
tcnstcrn, proposed that the socalcd Esmarch kniie
should be used. and, as no other instrument OF .hs
kind TO be found he placed his own at tho dispo
during the operations and the number Of those who
clio from them, have been less.