New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28

a PHYSICIAN EXPLAINS THE EFFECT OF
MALARIA OK TNACCLIMATED
TROOPS
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. have always understood that since late
Civil War had served as teachers and models
FOR everything that concerns the taking care Of
large numbers Of sick or wounded soldiers to all
the nations Of the world. And row # seems thai.
instead % standing AZ the top In these matters. VIC
have fallen into tho deepos; bottom OF ignorance
and incapncitv How Us thai? Naturally. wo,;ld
think tha; an this nauy-voicel criticism is simply
the oxarrcra,ion Of fact tha, II true Exaggera-
lion mus; be- know that and don't get angry
at IT, Bur is this ,xaseeration? After thinking Ok
81 for little time have become convinced that 1t
Is simply Ignorance on tho part let say. Of tho
general public public which not only includes the
newspapers. but me philan'hrop!c nurses some
young women who are M daughters % somebody
(hidalgas uurscs Of al kinds. who busy themselves
spreading narrowing tales. log of men. TOO civil
or military. who found thcmsevor for the frs time
IN these peculiar circumstances % a fought by
unaccmated men BOZ dangerous climate. and who
naturally everything magnincd.
have no doubt that sore men IN more or loss
high places have flaws on tAcir conscience There
is nothing perfect on no earth. no; admin
istration MI cs' ao omni par,e beatum. but Il the
administration had been composed exclusively q
mon enlightened hy genius and animated by the
most ardent PATRIOTISM DOUBT Z mo situation. As
! read % 10 the payers would 10 whit better.
It Is not Surgeon GENERAL S,cInbcrg mo must DC
accused - th. suGer.ugs and deaths & so many
calamitlos was 30 mnu. g was Na.ure herself and
have conhated her Just as well ~ g. humanity
possible
Il is well known that after peruclous mnlarai
fevcrs (Which - the trouble win an ;hc honc-com-
ine soldiers he reguar condition 81 the conviies
cent q enacaion and ana. MIA. with great dcbl.'y;
hence the great number o, living skeletons among
me returning troon-. ~ course. those arrilfnatei
before the VII present loss fcpGicLrai ap-
pcarance ONLY comparatively Few OF ihc healthy
r"d blood corpu-cles survive. Most - hem have
been used ~ by the medium mainrinc and f.
buried go the spleen ogue-c-k. dl which Il The
g1avcyard - -" c"or1m,. li"rc' nris~s conii-
ent blood or even Ieucocythcmia ,supera bundance
tion starvation follows and & would follow =
The patient. were placed IN tho MIDI" - al he
which the best chef o. The world ana the clcy'res'
t .o' i''' " 1T. 'i.i nif W.
asslmilatc tho food. J. takes four i've weeks -
recover from his condition. II Is So" ana dan
! do no, ,fcak Of these things vithou, personal
JH.nese ,ioterarilrr, as r.ei!'al drec,3r o. Toxic
Hospital / received back from Formosa many u
stil deadll'r climate Than Santiago d. cuba There
had been tlr admissions into he Form"san nos
nv hospital These rn.t c.tri. 10 me- fIst a. our
troops are coming row from cuba. Th,y were .N-
trcruey "ruacaf~d. nothing bat bags 90 bones ~
phoid debility starvation. act tru~ starvation. but
and the yellow paper. In one ship'oad received
IL 81 them unconscious 80 medical man could
have been deceived. lie would have seen ~ ono"
starvation by pe~uicioHs n.aiaria. = they have 10
those parts consider. hy fo deal with these types
~ fever. neither th" public nor ~" yellow press
blamed either Surgeon Genera! MafIUotta. the
urgtOns-iu-chef or me comm9SHrv department
Mark this and SAY and repeat II all around. in
order that an end boz made ~ the unjust blame %"
ignorant criticism. often fhe malignant cnlumny
that Is I'm this moment so sadly ana 80 rdi'ulou5y
rampant. That al unacrllmatcd troops whoever
may b" their surgeon general. u b" was Esculalius
himself cor shall We say % laN"fan or "a Patrick
Manson however eminent HE general stan must
20 through ihc same second stag = malnrnl poi
soniuP cor starvation u the word sounds better ON
y0ur s4rj that our returning troops are now SoinS
through
PASSED AN my hope but / must that this ferO-
1ious and irqul.nus slime after ~. victory 4
greater though loss agreeable. surprise.
ALBERT :. ASHMEAD. NJ n.
Ncw-York Aug =, lSjs