Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

not tempered with. The authority is SO
anxious that the wound shall not be
washed out that he says neither the
wound MOI the tissues roun it are to
be washed or irritated.
Bullet wounds are not to be probed.
Even when the bullet has been located
by an N-ray and it's removal seems
easy 1t Is not to be removed. When an
aosess is being opened it is proper to
go INTO the wound with the forceps or
llhger. but not under other circum-
stances.
Suppurating wounds are not to be
!liied with gauze tampons.
In fracture cases the most important
point is to see that the Jagged bone
e!lds do not cut and tear the nearby
tissue. This is more important than
getting the ends of the bones together.
IN ms treatment of a infections.
tetahus. n gangrene he depends more
ON ~tensi operations, such as ampu-
tatlon. and less on oxygen injections,
exposure to the open air after free in
clslons, than do the other war surgeons
who have been recently quoted in this
column.
There are some people who insist on
the removal of bullets; many who want
wounds probed. There are MANY peo-
pie who want to have their wounds
leaned up and all torn shreds clipped
orr. n majority of people want their
suppurating wounds filled with gauze
Such people will gain from
reading the surgical precepts of Won
ElseNberg, the greatest Austrian SUR
geon of his day.
The reports that come from the front
are to the effect that the proportion OF
wounded soldiers who recover and re-
turn to the colors is greater in this war
IMAM IN any previous conflict. This is
true of the French. Russian, Germany,
Austrian and English armies. 1t is too
early for any reports from Italy.
The Journal of the American Medical
ASSOCIATION tells us that of the wounded
In German hospitals in April. 1915. 91.2
per cent nave beer returned to their
regiments, "a per cent have been dis
charged as unfit for service and la per
cent have died. There has been a steady
rise since August, 1914. During that
month the returns to service were S4.8
per cent, the discharges as unfit 1872
the dead 3 per cent.
The proportions for the German
army during the first nine months of
the war We're: Discharged. fit for
service. 8S.5; discharged, unfit OF on
furlough. 9.6; dead, Is.
IN the American civil n of those
who reached h hospital, 1927 per
cent died n S7.73 survived.
The proportion of the troops killed
on the field of battle is greater than
In II previous war. The figures are
not aVallabie, U the authorities from
the different armies are agreed HAT
this statement is true The reason is
that in this wal military inc other
high power weapons are being em-
ployed as never before.
Not only is there better provision
for sanitation Inc hygiene, public and
personal. n better care OF the sick
n in this war than ever
before, but we are hearing for the first
lime of systematic efforts to refrain
hose disabled by wal to the end that
they shall be able to take care Of
themselves.
Boards pass upon the soldiers made
UNFIT for war through wounds, decide
what they should be able to do in
spite of their permanent disabilities.
and arrange for work through which
they will be trained for the new tnil.