The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-22
German Hospitals Use Ma
chinery To Heal War Wounds
BY Herbert Corey.


lIAMBu re. Muy - lie tourrrd
across the hospital yard toward u.s.
A poor wreck " man, leaning hcayi
iy on Il cane and crutCh Ills loose
hospital uniform Of bed suckiug flap
ped wildly In the Nurth sen breeze. His
limbs jorked as though he had uU
control over them his body -wuyrd
emptiIy II seemed miracle that he
progressed al ALL His furc wa, thar
~ man " thirty, nut It was worn
aud marked by some dcynSufug rA
prrlrncr II bore a look Of The most
utter hopeless. heart broken dcjpc
tuu. lie did mot look up as hc swung
and stumbled past.
Nothing the matter with him ut
ALL" said the chief physician of the
hospital Just hystcriu Caused by
fright"
That was all. Just fright THIS
poor devil had been caught I'm one "
tlr,r hrllish trenches ut the front.
where % more than elemental turmoil
rclgus during the hours " battle.
Shells exploded ou every side NJ him
Men were torn tu pieces and their
blood spatlcrcd him Cheering French
men charged his trench and were cut
down 10y the machine guns aud dle'l
urslng within yards NJ him Behind
him the German guns had reared nm.
craslngly and their huge grenaten
gruanpd over his head I'm their flight
lie was cursed with an imagination,
this man-and II ls that which ruins
soldiers
He thinks he was torn 20 plecc,
by a shell" said the doctor. "But
hc was not touched "lle ls as well
ns you n he would hut believe"
No Scenes Of War Like This.
We had seen something Of war Ice
fore viewing this hospital perhaps
the largest, certainly the furthest ud.
,auccd " Germauys repair shops for
war material We have seen men
who were but freshly dead, whose faces
,ull wore that look Of horror which
come, to SOME men Ia the very mo.
mcut N dissolution We have seen
those Eugllshmrn who still lie betNrr
the German trenches ut la BuNsrr,
aud upon whose features had come
that look NJ peace which passes all
understanding. have seen the Ru,
sian dead. us calm and uN like and
patient aud brutal IN death us In lie
We have seen the long strings ul
wounded being carried to the rear
mute aud uncomplulnlug lu thull
agony HUT never have We suyureI
/ what war really is until We came here
T We Thought we had hut we did mol
know.
Picture 20 yourself huge modern
/ hospital paylllous alternating viii
green lawns. which sparkle In IN,
sun shot rain NJ llamhurgs spring
every inch tiled aud shlunlng an,
sanitary aud efficient to the last de-
gree In it more than 1000 patient,
nrp sheltered ~ these more than one
/ half are the wrccknge NJ war bcml
! uukcrcd mp until they can return {,
/ the front They are working At IN,
| Job NJ regainlng health. these men
working with a German thoruughneS
aud industry Their hours are por
[ toned out for them So mauy baths
so many meals. w many turns ON m,
machines. so many walks, ,u mucl
sleep
"Thcy are all anxious tu get we'll.
said the doctor ESQ they can rctuu
lu the front"
] don't believe II do not hglirv,
the man NJ ANY nation take Nm n
hulk wants to rct back tn that hur
rnr which stalks In Russia and II
Frnurp lie may tell the doctor TIM
hr does. lie may tell himself thnt m
does n he hns been hut light
wounded mud his bodily strength I'M
suffered slight decrease he may n
sincere Rut nn one can come tO
ulace like this with sunlight and nm
tlseptlcs and matrnnly nurses and IN
gllttcrlng tools NJ the SURGEONS trad
ON every side aud mistake the loo
that the faces wear These men m
praylng that thcv may not rn hacl
4 Hospital Machine Shop.
We came to machine shop
That IL what II seemed when m
door first opened A huge. hrlgl
room with cleaning windows ou tw
sides. The air WAS filled with IN
whlrr VI machinery. Overhead shnft
turned ceaselessly aud belts ran tn III
machines which flned every avallah
lnCh " floor spacr AZ each machlr
sal man being cured FOR the frnn
lat first glance II was as prosaic an