The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-31
TURKISH WOUNDED WELL CARED FOR ON
 THE DARDANELLES:
 SANITATION GOOD
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made it so. In it's former location the lazarett had been welcome target So
 the lazarett had to be shifted. Majo Jack Messim, chief physician, then dis
 covered that his tentage had suffered
 considerably from the aerial lombard
 ment. The new site of the lazarett was
 well wooded, and this led to the build
 ing of large permanent booths of pine
 timbers and boughs. The boughs on the
 roof and sides of the booth do not per-
 init the hot sunlight to enter while giy-
 ing free access to the breeze, and the
 fragrance of the rosin and pine needles
 is good deodorant. The old tenting has
 been converted into sheets. that max be
 stretched over the booth in case of rain.
 It is doubtful whether the sick of any
 other army are as well situated as those
 in care of Major Messin and his staff.
 His losses through death from all cases
 are so far less than 3 per cent. Nom
 conta gious diseases only are treated in
 his lazarett
 Similarly constructed are the build
 ings' of the hospital for severe wounds ;
 in charge of Ismes Bey, captain surgeon.
 The Messim and Ismus esta blishments
 lie under the same hill and are sepa-
 rated by gorge in whose shelter the
 meteorological and chemical laboratory of the two institutions operates
 Hospitals Scrupulously Clean Ismes Bey cares for all the severely wounded of the Turkish Avi Burnou group. His hospital Is probably one of the best to be found anywhere. Its booths and tents are located under tall pine trees and are well kept. The beds. though none too comfortable, per haps, are scruplously clean and the well-being of the patients is promoted py having men from the working re- serves" keep the flies from them with whites cloths fastened to long. thin poles. The construction of booths does not permit "flyproofing" and good ventilation at the same time. and since the flaming against the flies also tends to keep the men cool, Capt. Isme es Bey decided upon the method of fly chasing employed.
 1smes Bey belongs to the class of surgeons who believe that pleasant en- vironment helps the patient to speedy
 recovery. With this In view he has caused flowers to be planted where the patients can see them. Parts of his forest" hospital remind one of a we'll
 kept rustic garden. Good care is given
 even the walks Most of them had to be cut into the steel hillside. They | were then carefully revetted and COW cred with gravel from the neighboring Dardanelles.
 In the Ismes Bey hospital only se- NCrely WouIlueu are receiNeu Ine op- erating room is a large tent with wooden floor, Is flyproof and the dust | Is guarded against by keeping the ground nearby constantly sprinkled | The medical staff of Ismes Bey is prob | ably one of the best in the field It's | members are young men with train | ing and experience gained in Germany | and France. Their work is quick and | thorough, as watching a number of operations and amputations seemed to l ndicate. Extracting a large shell splin- 1 ter from the upper arm of a soldier, an l operation which necessitated the split | ting of the muscle to the bone, took | less than 10 minutes, for instance. 1 Few Die From Wounds
 l When 6 severely wounded patient
 mas become "transportable" he is shipped to one of the city hospitals.