The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-08


sere tie Association Of Military and
Naval Surgeons Of the United States
ie session at ST. Louis, Mo. Major
Sca a,eau made an extended study of the
Omitted States methods in Porto Rico.
the Philippines and China IN recent
years. His studies convinced him that
fbe great loss Of men il T&r Was Cue
30 Improper feeding OF soldiers rather
than bullets. He said:
, up to July only about 100 wound
ed and medical cases lad reached
Tokio. mostly from the base hospital
at Hiroshima, whi:h was continually
sending large numbers to other divis-
5caal hospitals 10 make room for fresh
s,acS from the front. When tell you
shat not one ended fatally up to July
4. and that every one remaining III the
wards presented 4 favorable proGLoS!s,
you can appreciate the admirable
work that is being accomplished there.
If is the rule of the Japanese surgeons
at the front to do little or no operating
except in cases Of extreme emergency
Cr where hemorrhaSe threatens imme-
SdIate death. All cases are treated by
She application Of the first aid dress
In aud then sent to the rear as quick
yy as possible, thence by hospital boat
or transport to the base hospitals in
Japan.
'"The Japanese soldier has been
taught how to treat his intestines-
and consequently his intestines are
NOW treating him with equal consid-
GRAFTON. His plain, rational diet is d.
xcsted-metabo and assimilated.
D. is no. an Irritating, indigestible fer
uenting mess, acting rs local irri-
aant, and producing gastritis, duoden'
ifis, enteritiS, colitis, heptitis and the
Aong list of infammatory intestinal
processes with which we were all IA
sniiiar in the hospital wards at Camp
Aiser, Chattanooga. Tampa, Cuba, Por-
DO Rico, Montauk Point, ETC., in 1873.
.'The great hospitals are there, in
aerne, contagious and infectious de-
uccnts, sheir copspicuously empty beds
yoiring more eloquently than words
fhe most important lesson of the war.
A few cases of diseases Of the respira-
,fnry system are found-cOlds, bron-
rhftis, and an occasional pneumonia,
contracted through exposure In ford
ing rivers, exhaustive marches and
hiyoucking on wet ground, few more
or typhoid u saw only three in Man
ehuria), occasionally one OF dysentery
and q number Of cases of beri beri,
that former scourge Of Oriental arm
ies.
"But of all the many thousands gath
cred in these institutions there were
but few medical cases, and OF these
scarcely q bakers dozen came under
the heading of Diseases of the Diges-
tive System" Therein lies one OF the
creates secrets of the Japanese sue
CO.'S. Napoleon never made a more
fruthful statement than when he said,
An army fights on its belly. The Jap
anese have that belly, and they take
coed care to keep it in fighting order
not by insulting 1t three times day
by examining it with material totally
ansuited to the soldiers necessities,
thereby exciting irritations and dis
ease, but by supplying 1t with plain,
.ralatable, easily prepared and easily
disested ration that can be thoroughly
lnefabolized and converted into the
health and energy that makes its own
or The ideal fighting machine OF the
world to-day.
1.-The organization of the medical de-
partmeat of the Japanese Army and
Nary is modelled after that of the Ger
mans, with many added improvements.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
npon the medical department of the
army and navy for their splendid pre-
yaratory work in this war. The jap
anese are the first to recognize the
true value of an army medical corps.
The medical officer Is omnipresent. You
Will find him in countless places
where in an American or British army
he has no place. He is as much at
she front. as in the rear. He Is with
the first screen Of scouts with his MI
>xpscope and chemicals, testing and
labelling wells so the army to follow
shall drink no contaminated water.
When the scouts reach town, he i'm
sediateIy institutes thorough exam
fnation of its sanitary condition and II
<oatagion or infection Is found ne
<,narantines and places guard around
Tho dangerous district. Notices are
posted so the approaching column is
warned and no soldiers are billeted
where danger exists. Microscopic
blood tests are made in all fever cases,
and meteorological experts, fully
equipped, form part of the staff OF
every divisional headquarters.
'gThe medical officer is also found IN
camp, lecturing the men on sanitation,
and the hundred and one details of per-
soral hygiene-how to cook, to eat, and
,ry,pn NOT To drink TO bathe and even