The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-28
ADDRESS OF
 JAP SURGEON Suzuki Speaks at Detroit
 Convention. VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION s Methods Used in Mikad0'S Army and Navy. Great Care Always Taken During the Preparations for Arrangements
 --MedicaI Director wise's
 Tribute.
CONTRIBUTIONS

Detroit, Mlcn.s sept. zf.--1ut &N''" General s. Suzuki, of the Imperial Jap- anese navy today in his address before the fourteenth convention of Military Surgeons of the United states made what was declared by Medical Director J. S. Wise of the United States navy, to bc the most valuable contribution of modern times to naval surgery.
 He describes in detail and at length the surgical methods used in the Jap anese fleet, told how surgeons before every engagement carefully inspected the eyes of all gunners on tho WET ships, how the cars of every naah 10 the fleet were plugged with cotton bs- fore the firing began and how Admiral Togo fought his nee, from the com pass bridge of the Mlkasa instead of the coming tower.
 Much of our success In the treat ment of wounds" said Dr, Suzuki. T ascrfbe to the fact that before every engagement ordered each member of the crew to bathe and put on perfectly clean underclothing. In a great many shot wounds fragments of clothing are carried Into the body and our instst- ence upon clean underclothing pre- vented many cases of blood poisoning among our wounded.
 Our experiences during the war proved that the coming tower Of Q warship is most dangerous situation. Fragments of steel penetrate through ! the s1ats In the tower made to fur nlsh the commanding officer range of ] vision. and do great damage Rsalix- I ing this fact. Admiral Togo In all ths naval engagements directed his fleet from the compass bridge of the Mikaas without receiving at any time the slightest wound.
 The viaion of the men who fire thA guns on a warship must necessarily bs of the very best If their shots are ta count. Before every engagement tts surgeons in the Japanese fleet exam ined carefully the eyes of all the gun nerN. Any Of them found with slight inpeFfection of view were put under treatment and if the impaifment wal ment they were transferred to anothea station and tkeir places filled by men with eyes perfect. And during the engagements every battery crew waa supplied with water in which a 1 per cent solution of boracic acid had been mixed to wash out their eyes when they became affected by powder smoke or dust. We also issued to every man in the fleets before going into action cotton with which to plug his ears and thereby prevent rupture of the ear drums by the concussion of the Enn- fire"
 Summer and Winter.
 pr. Suzuki said that by the issuance of quantities of extra heavy clothing. gloves and boots the crews of the Jap anese ships were so well fortified against cold that despite the winter operations against Port Arthur not one case of frost bite was brought Into tho surgsries of the ships. The issuance of large brimmed straw hats during the summer also, he said. prevented any sun strokes among the crews of the fleet.
 pr. Szuki described at length the aseptic methods used In the Japaneee navy. which. he said. are practically the same as those used by the rest of the world. He said the Japanese sur geons had discovered that 1t is fm- practicable during action to attempt anything but the most necessary first dressing of severe wounds. After the action is over, he said, the surgery should be made ready for the absolute Iy necessary major operations. but in all cases where possible the wounded men should be hurried to a base hospi- tai before being operated upon.
 Papers were also read at the first session today by Surgeon Charles F. stoles. U. s. N; Contract Surgeon H. D. Curbusier, U. s. A., and surgeon-G Gen eral Nicholas Senn of Chicago.
 An address by Col. Valery Havard, U. S. A., upon his experiences with the Russian army in Manchuria was the feature of the afternoon session Colo mel Havard said that losses from artiI- Iery fire In the Russian-Japanese war were greater than from this source in any previous war. He ascribed this somewhat to the fact that much of the time the artillery fire between the two armies was 90 heavy that 1t prevented the men from getting into close enough contract to make their rifle fire entirely exhaustive, Colonel Havard said that the Russian regimental camps were kept clean and that # camp was at all permanent a crude bath house was always erected. Accommodations in the Russian hospitals. he said. were ade- quate but facilities for transporting wounded from the field to the hospI- taIs were not so adequate.
 Col. W. J. R. Rainsford of the Medi- cal Department of the British army. stationed in the Berinudas, gave a sketch of the evolution of the medical service In the British army.
 Hospital Superintendenfs.
 Boston, Sept. 27.-SeveraI addresses were delivered at the forenoon session