The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-31
Physicians Are High ly Scientific in Methods. Troops Are Vaccinated Against Typhoid
MODEL HOSPITALS
 FOR INVALIDS KEPT
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Total Abstinance ar SsA At-' ural Stamina Re- covery of tt .soo ounded Rapid /o

COnstantinOpIe, July 3O-tC0rrespOnd- of the Turkish troops nt the GalIipoll and Dardanelles fronts Is good and the wounded from these theatres of war are well cared for. To this may he added that the Turkish medical staff has shown much resourcefulness and that the occasional psucity of mate rials and medicaments Is met in spirit one would not expect to find in an organization of which so little good The capacity of the hospitals inspect ed by the Associated Press correspond ents is over 5000.
 Camp hygiene is well administered in the Ottoman army. Trenches visited were found to be scrupulously clean. The food of the men is well cooked and care is taken that none but good water is drunk by the men, Every effort Is made to keep the clothing of the men free from vermin and to facilitate this
 
 baked or disinfected, are built wherever they are needed. Great ingenuity has been displayed in this. As rule. the retort is nothing more than a large hole in some convenient hillside, similar to a bake oven It's floor is paved with brick or field stone, and under this two other holes are dug for the fire that is to heat the retort The Construction is ex- tremely simple and not single piece of iron is used in it. Even the door Of the retort Is generally large rock. In the camps visited all latrines were found in an excellent state. Lime was being used as disinfectant. because other chemicals cannot be had in Turkey at present. To combat the fly pest messes and kitchens are placed so that air currents can sweep through them. This method is not as effective as screen- ing, but screens are hard to get in Tur- key. It may be said in this connection that the experience of the Turkish troops on the Gallipoli peninsula with flies has been a most trying one, but that so far, the fly has not proven as great agent of disease as has been charged in other parts of the world. It is thought, however. that this is largely due to the fact that the Turkish soldier eats very little uncooked food or cooked food which has been exposed to contamination long, His mess of rice beans. peas and meat is generally too hot to invite a fly.
 Every battalion in the field has a sur geon and number of trained sanitary service men. Upon these rests the task of keeping the camp clean. Though this little organization is also expected to be of service to the wounded and sick, its first duty is disease prevention.
 Vaccination Certified
 All men at the front have been vac cinated against typhoid and typhus-vac- cinated men are given certificate. The constant changing caused by losses and endorsements makes frequent inspec- tions of these certificates necessary. Men who fail to produce a certificate are i'm mediately revaccinated. The same is true of men whose certificate shows that the period of immunity resulting from a prior vaccination is about to expire. So successful has been this method that on June "A. when the correspondent vis- ited lazaratt for gious cases. the entire Turkish force the pennsul ! had but three cases of mild enteric fe- yer and none of typhoid or typhus. Sick and wounded arc never admitted to the same hospital. nor are they treated in the same tent even at the front One of the lazarettes for the sick wis ited was a model institution of it's kind and, odd to relate. the lack of materia and other unfavorable conditions had aContinued on Page TwsS