St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-11-10
FROM WAR HOSPITAL
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Americans took charge. The work at
this hospital was to care for the
wounded who could be sent back to
the front soon. If it was found a man
was injured so he probably would not
recover in three weeks he was sent to
England for care and treatment. They
planned to have their patients ready
to send out of the hospital in two
weeks when after few days in a con-
valescent camp they returned to the
front.
Most of the wounds treated there
were caused by shrapnel and a large
portion of the wounds were made by
pieces of the shell blown into the body
when the shell exploded. AS these
pieces of metal were blown through
the clothing of the soldier and pieces
of dirty cloth drawn into the wound
in most cases they were infected. Anti
tetanus serum was administered to
the wounded before they left the
front and there were very few cases
of lock jaw. In fact they did not have
single case in their hospital.
He described the method of hand
ling the wounded. they being divided
into two classes, the walkers and the
| Tiers. The walkers were those able
| to walk from the train into the hos
pital and the Tiers were those obliged
to be transported by auto and carried
to their cots. He described many pc
Fculiar wounds and some wonderful
recoveries that had been effected by
surgery assisted by the X-ray. Eng
land was wonderfully efficient in the
care of it's wounded.
He told of a visit to a Belgian re-
Il
men and children were to be seen and
many of the latter had hands cut off
by the German fiends. He said no
young men were to be seen in France
as they were all at the front and near
ly all the women were dressed in black,
mourning the loss Of some relative.
He told of two engagements be-
tween the British and Germans on
short battle lines of less than a mile
when from 500 to 900 wounded Brit
fish soldiers were brought to their hos
'pitaI for treatment. In addition to
these we're the dead which were not
brought back at all. With such losses
as these in minor engagements one
could form some idea of the terrible
losses suffered in the Big Drive along
the whole so mile line of battle front
He did not go to the front as that
learned from the wounded that the
soldiers were working in 80 trenches
on both the English and German side
and that it was practically impossible.
for either to. cut through the others
lines. The soldiers in the hospital
were splendid fellows never complain
ing and taking their injuries as a part
of the days work. Many of them
were completely shattered nervously
as the result of their terrible exper-
fences and although there was not a
scratch on them they were completely
disabled. Nearly all of the wounded
were anxious to get back to the front
and do their part in the war. Having
been in touch with men of such fervor
and courage one could not help hop
ing that the Allies will win.
The Regular Meeting.
About 40 physicians and guests
gathered in the parlor of the Avenue
House at eight o'clock for the regular
meeting of the association. Physi-
clans were present from Essex county
and Coos county in New Hampshire
DR.. G. G. Rublee of Hardwick, vice
president, presided in the absence of
the president, w. J. Aldrich. The
first paper of the evening was by Dr.
e. H. Ross on the "Biliary Tract in
the gall bladder and gall stones. The
paper was discussed by DR.. Lund and
DR.. Smith of Lancaster. DR.. w. G.
Kicker then presented a patient suf-
fering with Conjunctivitis a disease of
the eye that generally comes under
the care of physicians. Then DR..
Lund read his paper on Gastric Ulcer
and Cancer showing several photo
graphs and illustrations of the dis
eases. He was questioned by DR.. J.
M. Allen. DR.. Smith and DR.. A. J. Mac
kay of Peacham.
AT the close of the banquet DR.. ].
M. Allen was introduced as toast mas
ter and there were responses by Rev.
A. P. Grint, DR.. G. A. Cramton and
DR.. William H. Leith of Lancaster. On
motion of DR.. Ross, DR.. Lund was
made an honorary member of the So
'ciety.