Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-20

ms,y, cas!s xts aas sgpo4.d Among
Hungarian soidlstsSs Back From the
!. Ffrsss spsclal'ets Plan Horne
!. I !. 4foar. Victims. ii. !,
European. Conflict.

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RutdApssssa4 !fsw days 40 the
newiSlttAsp,eeSs& reported that Michael
ChStata. Hungafian soldfer patient
6adiapeest hospital, had lost his
kKt, and they sstafted I collec-
Xii him; the Poster lloyd alone
EiifffnHe 1900 krr6dsahl fS5,660) Within
ydays. Michael SCiomsa's misfor-
yiNaa MAS looked upon ias exceptional.
mani was sctsondsidsred d public duty to
nfDyfde for hts future.
INIT she publicity given 10 this sol.
1ieft blindness brought DIT tie fact
:fAats there were many other similar
ta1liSlsAs. In the opinion Of physicians
thSfAe 2xall be III Hungary alone several
thousand such victims OF the war II
The. lighting. T. to continue much
longer. ~ ~ w
Il ii i disheartsesn1ing spectacle to,
look upon these blind soldiers at the
hospital. One sees, many wounded,
disfigured, ulcerating seyes. Some Of
these eyes have sunk far into their
sockets. Others show the upper, trans.
parent part Of the eyeball sprinkled
with white. cleaning grains of sand.
whirled there by a bursting shrapnel
she'll. Two otherwise healthy eyes
blink and CULVER INCREASINGLY, the
nervous system of the man having
been shattered 10y an exploding bomb.
Another soldier has his eyelids seem.
ingly grown together, they having lost
their power to open and to close.
Opened, they disclose empty cavities.
One of the blind soldiers, wears the
silver cross for bravery. Though
wounded he returned to the firing line
IN order to carry away his seriously
wounded lieutenant. While doing 'this
he was hit by another bullet, which
destroyed his eyesight.
It Is remarkable that most Of these
sufferers lost their vision in the same
peculiar manner. The bullet entered
the cheek and bored its way upward,
emerging on the opposite side by way
or the eyesocket, after smashing the
eyeball and destroying the optic
nerve. At times the bullets path was
horizontal, the root Of the nose being
also shattered.
Appalled, by the great number Of
blinded soldiers, the Hungarian spe.
cialists, Professors Grosz and Silly,
have started 4 subscription for the
erection of a special Institution des.
tined to assure d livelihood for these
unfortunate victims oithe war. There
they would be. taught occupations
suitable TO their inflrmity..
On the other hand Professor Blesal-.
ski Of Berlin and Professor Lorenz Of
Vienna are concerned not only in car
Ing fer the wounded soldiers, but IN
preparing the n%driberless wal cripples
for their future tasks OF gaining a live.
iiho6d. Every tinles Professor Blesal.
ski visits his patients he endeavors to
bring 1t home to their minds that they
Will have to follow their former occu-
pations. A teacher who had lost his
right arm has learned to write with
bis left hand and each day he becomes
more and more convinced that he WIN
again be able to exercise his profess
sion. A gardener who lost HIS lower
limbs was convinced by Professor
Blesalski that he will be able to re.
sumo gardening; a farmer that he win
be able to NOW and to rake. A mason
was made to understand that despite
the loss Of his right forearm he would
be able to do brick and mortar work
With the aid of an artificial hand.