The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-10

wooden floor, is fly proof and the dust is guarded against by keeping the ground nearby constantly sprink- led.l The medical staff of Ismes Bey is probably one of the best in the field. Its members are young men with training and experience gained in Germany anud France. Their work is quick and thorough, as watching a number of operations and amputations seemed to indicate. Extracting a. large shell splinter from the upper arm of a soldier, operation which necessi- tated the splitting of the muscles to the bone, took less than ten minutes, for instance.
 When a severely wounded patient has become 'transportable," he is shipped to one of the city hospitals. Ismes Bey hospital loses only from three to four per cent of cases in which operation has been necessary. The total loss of all cases is from T to 18 per cent, many of the severely wounded dying shortly before or dur ing the operation.
 Near the Ismes hospital is a camp for the slightly wounded. It con sists of a number of large tents and booth in which the men sleep. The day is passed in the shade of the tree Wound are examined and dressed at tated intervals of the day. The sta. nina of the Turkish soldier makes any other care superf1uous.
 Whether a man is able to walk out of the firing line or trench, or must be carried out on a stretchers- establishes in the Ottoman army his status as Tightly or ''severely'' wounded. Lightly wounded are marked with a large white paste eboard ticket with one red bar running down the center. Se- verely wounded have a similar ticket with two red bars. With the excep- ~@Ff fo
 ed are required to walk to the field hospital. To the base hospital they are carried in ordinary escort wagons. Severely wounded are carried to the. field hospitals in an ambulance, known as the ''Brussa''f ambulance which has almost completely displaced the Amer jean arntbulances formerly used in the Turkish military service. Transfer to the base hospital is also made in this manner. The attention given the se- verely wounded at the field stations covers immediate needs only.
 The Turkish soldier is not very sus- ceptible to pain He gives little
 trouble when wounded, and his all
 almost extraordinary frugaIity makes l him patient who is easily cared for. Medical men are of the opinion that 1 the total abstinence of most Turkish 1 soldiers reduces the / possibility of wound infections, Iessens the hook sus- l cePtfbility and aids in> the recovery l of the patient.
 Ultimately all severely wpunded are brought to ConstantinopIe, where 1 about a, score of well-appointed hos
 pitals are being maintained Those
 visited by The Associated Press cor 1 respondent left little to be desired. | These hospitals have every modern l accessory of surgery, such as tsX''-
 ray department, plants for the steri1- fzadon of dressing materials and la 1 boratories Patients in whom the
 wound has caused a temporary par
 alyzation of motor nerves and muscles are sent to one of the many mineral baths in Turkey ,and recently an in- 1 stitution for electro-theurapet petical 1 benefit of invalided soldiers.
 It is admitted even by the Turkish
 army surgeons that their service was l a total failure iduring-+he late Balkan
 war That, however, cannot be said 1 of the work now done by the medical | department. Surprising as such a 1 statement must be, it is claimed that so far only two cases of tetanus have developed as the result of the GaI1i- poll campaign. A statement as to the 1 total of casualties cannot be made al
 this time. because if there is one thing
 upon which reliable figures cannot be
 had from Turkish official sources ii is Information as to numbers of any
 sort affecting the Turkish forces in the
 field.