Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-10
Associated Press Correspondent nspects Conditions Along the
Fronts Against Aes-Foo cd Well Cooked and Good Water
to Drnk-Physicians Show Great Ingenuity Soldiers
Vaccnated Against Typhus

even the walks. Most Of them had to
be cut into the steep hillside. They
were then carefully rivetted and COW
cred with gravel from the neighboring
Dardanelles.
In the Ismes Bey hospital only Sc
vereiy wounded are received. The op-
Grating room Is a large tent with
wooden floor. is fly proof and the dust
Is guarded against by keeping the
ground nearby constantly sprinkled.
The medical staff Of Ismes Bey is
probably one Of the best in the field.
Its 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
indicate. Extracting large shell
SPLINTER from the upper arm Of a SOL
dler, an operation which necessitated
the splitting Of the muscle to the bone.
took less than ten minutes, for in
stance.
When severely wounded patient
has become "transportable," he is
shipped to one Of the city hospitals
lsmes 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 II to
Is per cent. many Of the severely
wounded dying shortly before or dur
ing the operation.
Near the Ismes hospital is a camp
for the lightly wounded. It consists
OF number of large tents and booths
in which the men sleep. The day is
passed in the shade of the trees
Wounds are examined and dressed at
stated intervals of the day. The STAN
ina Of the Turkish soldier makes anv
other care superf1uous.
Whether a man is able to walk ont
of the firing line or trench, or must
be carried on a stretcher. establishes
in the Ottoman army his status as
lightly" or severely wounded
Lightly wounded are marked with a.
large white pasteboarti ticket with
one red bar running down the center
Severely wounded have a similar tic-
ket with two red bars. With the az
ception Of foot wounds the lightly
wounded are required to walk to the
field hospital. To the base hospita,
they are carried in ordinary escort
wagons Severely wounded are carried
10 the field hospitals in an ambulance
known as the "Brussa'' ambulance.
winch has almost completely displaced
the American ambuIances formerly
used in the Turkish military service
Transfer to the base hospital is also
made in this manner. The attention
given the severely wounded at the
field stations covers immediate needs
only. a..
The Turkish soldier is not very sus-
ceptible to pain. He gives little trou-
BILE when wounded. and his almost ex-
traordinary frugalty makes him a pa
tlent who is easily cared for Medical
men are of the opinion that the total
abstinence of most Turkish soldiers
reduces the possibility Of wound in
fections, lessons the shock suscepti-
bility and aids in the recovery of the
patient
Ultimately all severely wounded are
brought to Constantinople, where about
a score of well-appointed hospitals are
being maintained. Those visited by
The Associated Press correspondent
lett little to be desired. These hospitals
nave every modern accessory of sur
gerry, such as "X"-ray department
plants for the sterilization of dressing
materials and laboratories. Patients
IN whom the wound has caused a tenn
porary paralyzation of motor nerves
and muscles are sent to one of the
many mineral baths in Turkey and
recently an institution for electro-ther
apeutical treatment has been opened
for the benefit of invalided soldiers.
1t is admitted even by the Turkish
army surgeons that their service was
total failure during the late Balkan
war. That. however. cannot be said
OF the work now done by the medical
department. Surprising as such a
statement must be, it is claimed that
so far only two cases of tetanus have
developed as the result of the CALI
poll campaign A statement as to the
total of casualties cannot be made at
this time, because If there is one thing
upon which reliable figures cannot be
had from Turkish official sources il is
information as to numbers Of any sort
affecting the Turkish forces in the
| field.