Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-06
PENNSYLVANIA
DOCTORS IN WAR
University Graduates Are Doing
Splendid Work in Preparing Men
to Fight and in Treating the
Wounded From the Battlefelds

Wounded From the Battlefelds.
| GRADUATES Of the University OF Penn
| VI sylvania in medicine and dentistry are
! distinguishing themselves I'm the medical and
hospital service Of the European countries
! engaged In the present world war in man
ner not equslsd by graduates OF any other
university in America. According to infor-
nation compiled in the office Of the Re-
corder, II is learned that Pennsylvania has
more than 200 graduates serving on many
fields and under many flags The large per-
centage of Pennsylvania men is due to the
fact that the local University is a cosmopoli-
tan institution as far as It's professional
schools are concerned. For years it has
drawn more foreigners into its medical and
dental departments than any other Ameri-
can school.
The most important work which Pennsyl-
vania men are doing is in the American
Ambulance Hospital in Paris where DR. j.
William White Professor Emeritus Of Sur
gerry and member Of the Board Of Trustees,
is now in charge of one ward with corps
of eleven other physicians and four nurses
The Pennsylvania contingent is there for a
three months stay, having gone to relieve
a similar body from Western Reserve Uni
vania has representatives in the various Red
Cross corps in all the countries
"The University Of Pennsylvania has al
ways had a big percentage Of graduates
from foreign countries" said DR.. William
Pepper, of the Medical Department, today.
I'VE have experienced difficulty in hearing
from all our graduates in the warning coun-
tries, but we know that a great many of
them have enlisted either in the services Of
their own armies or are attached to the Red
Cross. We have not heard how Doctor
White and his party are doing in Paris
but they are we'll equipped and we know
that they will render efficient service a
group OF three of our recent graduates left
after commencement to work in Servia."
Training the English Recruits
Although not connected directly with the
medical work there is the greatest interest
in Pennsylvania to hear something definite
about the work in England of DIR. r. TAFT
Mckenzie, head of the department of Phys
ical Education. Doctor Mckenzie left very
quietly a few weeks ago with the announce
mont that he would have charge of the work
of physically conditioning the English re-
cruits. Doctor Mckenzie is n native of
Canada and last winter offered his services
IL d.
William White volunteered for the same
work. but neither was accepted because they
were past middle age. There are enough
physicians among the young men
OF England to supply this need.
Doctor McKenzie's work takes on added
Importance because of the fact that military
service in England is voluntary. Not having
had compulsory military service the physical
condition of the English recruits is much be-
low that Of the French and German re-
servists. Doctor Mckenzie remarked on this
last spring and expressed the opinion that
If England had developed athletics among
the schoolboys to the same extent that the
United States has there would not be the
present need of hardening the English volun-
teers that there is 1t is understood that
Doctor Mckenzie is using on the English
recruits parts of the system that he de-
veloped at Pennsylvania to improve the
physical condition of the Pennsylvania
student body.
In addition to the graduates in medicine
Pennsylvania has a great many dental grad
yates who are doing hospital work through
out Europe. Most of their work is in re-
pairing injuries to the teeth and jaws of the
soldiers.
According to John Reimmold, registrar of
the University Dental School, the war has
played havoc with the work of American
dentists in France and Germany.
1--WE have a great many American gradu-
ates in dentistry who have been practicing
their professions and doing extremely well
in both France and Germany" said the
But their business has been
killed for the time being. Some of our
American graduates in Paris are serving in
4g,a
American citizens have either returned to
this country or gone to England. The same
is true of those who were practicing in Ger
many good many Of them are waiting
in England in the hope that the war will
soon end and they may re-establish them
selves in their adopted countries. I under
stand that most OF those who have returned
to this country hope to get back after the
war ends"
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