The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-01
I2, 900 DOCT ORS
 IN FIELD UNDER
 GERMANY'S FLAG

The Berlin correspondenf of The Journal of the American Medical As- socia4ton writes of the effect the war has had ont the medical profession in aermany. He estimated that at the outset Of the war at least 12so00 doc- tors were drafted for military service.
 The physician writes that although the Germans had been prepared for years for an attack from Russia, France or EngIand, the gigantic war in which they are stnow involved quite unexpected1yss has naturally affected German physicians severely. Tn an economic way if bears onttha entire profession, especially on those liable vice in the army. Aside from tho arr my, surgeons, belonging to the standing army, the surgeons who are on fur lough lreservistsl were immediately Der of physicians in civil life who, in part are no longer bound to military service. and in part have never per formed it, have placed themselves at the disposal of the War Department mostly for hfspitals, which will later be erected in their own home towns.
 It Is at present not possible. he says to determine the number Of physicians who have gone into active service, but if one estimates from comparison Prussian war of 1S7e-71, there would be about 13,ooo physicians in the army.
 ssNatura1ly the question arisea., ob- serves the writer +'hoW will the civil popuEatfon receive medical care in the absencs of so large a number of phy- sfc1ans 9s
 He explains that representatives of the medical profession made fmme- ! dAa4e provision for active help in this matter. The Medical Chamber of Berlin -Brandenb required all the
 
 Q Dos1tfon to do so, to assume with out charge the practice of their coI- leaGues vino are in the field, and among the physicians who have given notice of their willingness to serve in thaE way a representative service has been organized
 If 16 distinctly provided that the substitute shall Fully assure the in come to his colleague serving in the army or to his family. The Med ical Chamber has also undertaken to make loans without interest to the families of the absent doctors, so far ] as its means permit. Tn the Deutsche 1Eedizinfsche Wochenschrfft, it is fur tl1er stated that the great fund Of the Leipsfc League, amounting to more than $25o, ,000y which was raised for the aid of physicians in their conflict i with the insurance societies and which j is no longer of value for far as pos- sibles to needy members and their families.
 The great enthusiasm which pre- vails among the German people" the writer remarks, "expresses itself not onlx in readiness to go to war, but in fhe willingness for sacrifice which is ] necessary to provide means for the care of the wounded In the first days Of mobilization, fund was pro- 2 vfded of about $250, 900 by some banks ana private individuals, to which the Kaiser alone contributed from his private purse $25,o0O. The offer of the American Red Cross to send an expedition of three surgeons and twelve nurses with the necessary ma ferfaf to care for our wounded, com
 nunicated by the American Govern- menf through it's Ambassador, has been received with marked apprecia- ton. The resolution of the mem bera of the Society of American Phy-