Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-23
MEASLES WORSE
THAN TYPHOID IN
ARMY HOSPITALS
Celebrated Physician Tells of
Sanitary Conditions at
Front Wonderful Improve
mentS Made by Science

tAssoeinted Press Corrcsnondcnee)
London. April There ~ less
typhoid at the front today than there I
ismeasles according to DR.. Wtfred |
Grenfell. head OF The Labrador med |
ieai missions. who has been for three !
MOTHS with the Harvard surgical |
anti and who is now returning TO his |
work In Labrador. He is undoubtedly |
enthusiastic about the work of the
british medical men at the front
Look at typhoid, he remarked
"ueretofore whole armies have been
deeimated by It, When the Engtlsh
took over the trenches east of Nnrei,
where typhoid was ENDEMIC in the
villages, the allies already mad 6Voo
eases of this disease. Twenty-slN
thousand Beigians had to be inoouiat-
ed. and this WAS supplemented ny inc
British Tommy PLAYING Hercules ~
| cleaning up this new Augean slaple
! But now typhoid Is SO small factor
that IL a single case occurs anywhere
in four armies It is known the same
night at headquarters, and next uaN
a rigid local inquiry ~ held as To inc
| cause.
THE sanitary service Of all the
\ towns and villages near the line mas
been taken over by the army meuleal
corns sewers and drains have been
nut in order garbage and filth DIS
posed of at the least possible cost Al
certain places near the line one sees
series of furnaces all made from
ola tins filled with clay. having air
| snacea between, which once llgnteu
require next 10 no attention, but are
eternally' doing their work, like mod
ern valleys OF Hinnom.
Water Supplies Tested.
"Water supplies are all the time
helng tested and retested by the anu
h,llance laboratories. one sees ev-
ervwhere the trail of their WORK IN
labels hanging to melancholy looking
tapa such as, This water Is not TO be
used until chlornated,
"Tetanus. a most terrible and fata'
danger of mud and associated win
wounds, is being mel wtth lnoeulallot
so soon after tho event that II mas
become an almost neglible faetor IL
war mortality.
",Trench feet at first disabled thous'
ands Of orr soldiers. Today II ia TIC
longer a problem, A batch OF eases
10 now sent down by the medical otii
Ger in the trench with an apology ane
and explanation. as If 1t were a ms
demeanor.
zone sees criticisms on the on'
/ hand that operations are entrusted U
, incompetent hands, and on the othe
that extravaganza salaries are PAID To-
. iImstrious names. Neither OF thes
statements has any truth IN H. tntl
I SURGEONS are remorselesslS eilmlhate'
a as soon as recognized, ana the arm
q has not paid more than the RINK en-
). titles him to any surgeon. Aet the
y have permanently in france me
z whose skin briugs them In tho com
1t fort OF their homes ten tunes "
= money for which they are sefVln
= their country
Perfect Team Work.
no us the team work of these hos
d pital units, each with It's expert IN va
~ rious lines, the Psychologists, the N-fa
- men the diagnosticians, the thefa
:" neutists. the operating surgeons, IN
n the commanding executive medichi O
ii fieors. suggest an ideal model Tor III
W future in civil life. The splendid der
TAI and eye clinics are among N
hest evidences of tbs progress OF arm
q medical work hundreds Of eases {
n minor eye troubles arc eprrecte'
a which would never have been diseoN
"a cred but for the war In spite OF III
strain of war the workers nave ls'
lated new diseases. such as irene
- fever and trench ngphrltis-rth M
step toward their cure.
"A casualty clearing station to Ia
n ordinary mind suggests only a shah
" bes of shattered humanity, ann
which belated medical officers labe
ia give temporary relief until the VIC