New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-12
Wizard British Surgeons
Work Wonders in Cures
Deity Replace Exposed Brains and Injured Spines in
London fIosptals-Convalescing War Victims
Talk, Eat and Laugh.

cssary 10 force the brain back into its
proper position And so. twice day.
the protruding portion is bathed with
peroxide of hydrogen TO render II ab-
solutely clean and prevent infection.
Pure alcohol then is applied with soft
gauze. and the slight contraction re
settling allows the mass 20 settle grad
ually into place. II IS "A tedious prog
ress. and often a period Of several
months clapses before normal condl-
ticns arc restored.
But i'm practically all Of tho cases
which have been admitted 90 the hos
pital tho treatment has been success
ful. The men arrive for the most part
with simple gauze bandage hastily
suplied at dressing st-t'on. and the
necessary trephining is done at the
hospital In some instances the orGan
is exposed by the wound i.self. and in
others the operation Of removing the
Jagged bone leads TO it.
According TO l.. ". Morris. sccre-
tary Of the hospital. large percentage
Of those who suffer such injuries are
mentally weak after physical recovery
is complete. But he said they steadily
improve. and IL is only a question Of
time when they are in full possession
OF their faculties. Others. as in he
case cited above. have no such trouble.
They are the lucky ones.
Passing 10 the end Of the long ward
We came Upon a group of men conva-
lesciug from sDi1e wounds. They were
in high spirits and took lively inter
est in coaching each other in the gen
, tie art of walking. 1t is just like nc
ginning all over again, they assured
me- Certainly the efforts OF some Of
the more serious cases were crude IN
the extreme.
They threw their legs about loosely
and swayed IN an alarming manner.
But every day sees an improvement.
and the group attending the morning
class IN pedestranism." as they iok-
ingly call it. is far from unhappy.
Many and strange are the tales which
these boys bring from the black bitches
across the Channel II was sittin' back
OF silly hedge" said one chap with
q broken head 81 suppose my hair
was a shining mark 1T was red for
those German snipers.
Anyhow, as | was putin away a
bit o. bacon hing something that felt
like sledge hammer got me just top
centre. IL didn't hurt and | sat there
feelln kind o foolish, and / know /
was laughin' Then all o. the feeln'
went out o. my head an | started to
get up. The funny part of II was that,
while there wasn't any pain where |
had been hit. my legs caved an ! went
down in a heap.
81 remember layin' there an thinkln'
how queer il was that ! couldn't walk.
An really felt as comfortable as you
like sort o. drowsy an happy. Il was
lust like wakin' up in a warm bed IN
the winter and hatin' 10 get up. Then
pal O. mine came along an started
TO carry me back. We had only got a
little way when he got bullet in the
arm and had TO drop me. don't know
how long II took me. but ! rolled all
the way 20 the aressin' station. II here
/ sat or board an waited for a long
time for them 70 get around 20 me.
An I'll give you my word. that never
felt a bit O. pain ircm the time ! vas
hit up 20 now