The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-03
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sORg|cll PAPERS
Mexican Delegate Favors
Bleeding in Treatment Of
Pneumonia Cases
ALCOHOL UNNECESSARY
ASSERTS COLONEL CANA
DR.. Yau, from the Orient, Dis
eusses Bases Of Hemorrhage
Resulting from Apoplexy
Before Convention.

Special papers by the delegate from
Mexico and by one of the Chinese rep
reaentatives marked the Thursday
morning session Of the United States
Military Surgeons in nineteenth an
n,lal convention at the Jefferson.
After the reading OF these papers,
the association unanimously adopted
revolutions asking Congress 70 increase
the pay OF the officers Of the public
health and marine hospital service.
That the USE III alcoholic stimuiants
constitutes only q small help In treat
ment CT pneumonia was one u tho
points emphasized by Colonel Jurodoy
CANA, Of the Mexican army. In paper
OH ssLobar Pneumonia read by him
before the convention.
alcohol may be prescribed ~ y
tonic and stimaianf.'' he said. but II
svails very little ip treatment OF the
disease
Contrary to the generally accepted
Z opinion in this country. colonel Gama
contended that large doses OF alcoholic
beverages are very useful In pneu-
monia cases In which the patient -
addicted to such habit.
Adveeatss Bleeding.
In u further discussion OF pneumo-
MIA treatment. he said: "Do not al
ways follow the fashion In medicine,
hut act according TO your own eonvlc-
Ntions. bleed your patient oppartuneiy
ard without any fear. and Your better
rpwHrd stFaft be his OWN fffe.
bleeding has bean unreasonablS
forgotten. II IL powerful rssource
that must b. applied In many cases
and In different stages 81 pneumonia.
preparations. strychntne and ca dtac
tonics are tbs medicines that have
hitherto proved most sucGesStui IN
The Mexscas surgeon was follow
ID ~ CaioflAi Van t'ninK Sen. itrec-
tor of the hospital division OF the
Chinese imperial guard. who selected
from apoplexy' ~ the text OF his
Makes Hin.srlf Clear.
coione, Tan, though. he speaks
Engiish with some difficulty. made
himself very clear ~ he proceeded
with his paper, which Was naturally
or technical nature for the most
part Colonel Yau produced u some
what unpalatable- looking bottle Of
dark coiored medicine Of his own
eoncoctton. which he said he uses
with great success in hemorrhage
cases.
Colonel fau was literally applaud
ed 1t both the beginning and end OK
his paper
On account OF his unfam!liarity
with English. Major LANG Ching
Chang. passed military surgeon OF
the Sixth Army corps. Chinese i'm.
A.-f.S "A tx.A s.6sA
from reading : paper which he had
prepared.
Tuberculosis In Navy.
In . paper on What can the navy
do with its tubercplosis2r M.dieIl
inspector Z. r, Hibhett, Z. >. NJ.
called attention to the navy tuber-
culOeis aanAtorium ~ Los AnimAs
Col. having I location admirably
suited for the treatment VI tuber-
culosis patients.
Tn 70 December i, 1903. said DR..
Hibbett. this hospital after being in
operation for two years had received
$40 patients. OF whom fOrty-six had
died and eleven discharged to duty
~ cured. Three hundred and thirty
eight had been invaded from the
service IT their own request and for
other causes.
Dr. Hibbetf expressed regret that
the capacity or the sAnitorium was
limited to about 235 beds.
II was mainly on account OF this
limited capacity. he pointed out, that
large percentage OF the men were
I DISCHARGED from the service. not only
physically disqualified for self-sup.
port but for tho distribution Of the
disease wherever they might 20.
OAers Fine Opportunity.
II may say,y' continued Or. HIb~
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