The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-10
M FOR THE SICK
| IND THE WOUNDED.
|s,st Change in Conditions Since
the Last War.
,,s<r Modern Methods Of Treatment
-..xs which ut That Tsne
LA Have Resulted Possibly In
-. .ea Certainly In Amputa-
Are New Handled With
s<.t Certainty of Recovery.

~..ursGTCS. Jnre a.-2urge9n-GeF1-
= va ge.yen. Of the navy, Is back
.-ss 20 New York. where be tn
- .ss n&ya, ambulance sssip. the So
IL xaw tne lick ard wounded
-. frora A6snieai sarapsoE's feet. 81
re wounded include those who
-...s.s,s.ss n the engagements a Car
-. -,.ssu<gos ard Matsnzas. The men
ar.,x wal and there VII be no fatal
,.sa,,lng. ons q the men with lose
!. arg All sAs other patients viii be
ssv tortansis.
s.,rsoat sessneA has made such great adj
-. saoe the civil war that there wli
!. a. such great loss Of limbs and other
..,xoas, sssagurements as occurred th!rty
MO One o. the men brought Up
-. so.ses had his thigh bone shattered
= v,soa Of spanish shell. The shell
IS. ,aso the feshy part % the thigh,
.,..asrx the bone to sp.inter8 aud erners-
s.x an the ether side Of the leg. II made
.aax wound. completely through the
- wus sha .higa-3onc severed. During
-. e.vg var sach wound would have ne
....ss,sa xmputaslon % the leg near the
ass sa, under the present methods Of
.u.,sspsse treatment, amputai!on was
sk sscsssAry IN this case. The treat
nsos has already shown that the limb viii
- ssyke. although IL may b. a tr.fis
.so.:sr titan before Net only is amputa-
s,sa avoided. bat the present methods OF
,rs.sraent do away wigh much OF the IN
.en.e suffering the soldier Of the civil war
LAD 20 pass through. The other wounds
upasY ,rsstrzsas are not ~ a serious char
.e,sr and eaa. fer 40 special surgical skill
TIE SICK n.en are about fegty-four in num-
BIT. Tnsy have 10 signs OF contagious
disease tassr ailments being chronic, such
A. consumption. heart disease. &C. They
were ssksn away from the fishting ships
: "a sAs northern latitude viii aid tn their
sssessfy and also because sickness on
haza ship had a depressing influence on
rs fghs!ng crews, The sufferers both
rsx and wounded. showed their del!ghS
xasa iaken aboard the so.ace. II liz ap-
,1ass. Ike a modern hospital. with
| ea@rful wards and every facility towards
ssssinx health
Daras the eIvil war our sex and
ssahasd wsre kept in hospitals at The
nS4sa 81 the y ssissippi river. at Key
Nss aai 81 other points near the scene
4 ssisss The intense heat of che South
sssd 70 the distress ot the wounded.
Aysy Increasing the death rate. Or.
Faa EsArsn derlsea upon new policy in
tAs present wag. He intends Ia remove
a tie sEek ard wounded 20 tAo North.
ZEE seaaee makins tflpa back aud forth
s@swseg the fec aud northeFu ports
Tia se.sce arrived at the brooklyn
Eayy yard last Sunday and transferred
ss aisy.fegF 10 the naval hospital at
Esaski:n
80 sailed a. O'Clock Wednesday after
aooa 70 rsio!a Admiral Sampson fleet.
AZ take away sgcf other sick and
seaaasa as may be there. Dr. Van Rel
| ~ sen, aboard s.. eoa worth of de.icacies
| sas'Esaetsd By private organizations and
parties, aad also gave the chief surgeon OF
y saip sst9 toy further use In this line
rs IS IN addition 20 the substantiais on
bard