Evening journal., 1916-01-06
Uncle Harry Tells About The American Ambulance

times the men come back from the
front with their jaws badly shattered
by bullets or by pieces OF shrapnel.
Our dentists fix them up and send
them away all right sometimes with
brand new jaws"
Brand new jawsl' echoed Jimmy. /
Eyes. sir That's just what I mean,
said Uncle Harry. 81 have a friend. a !
dentist. who has been associated with |
the American Ambulance in Paris. ana /
the other day he showed me some |
photographs ne had taken while there. !
Some Of these photographs showed |
soldiers as they looked when they ar
rived at the hospital. In several
cases their lower jaws were literally
carried away-l'm telling you exactly
what I saw, Nothing remained below
1 the upper lip-only q gaping wound.
Our dentists have taken these men,
modelled new jaw bones for them out
OF metal, inserted false teeth, and
then massaged the flesh around the
wounds until IL healed over the arti-
fetal jaws The men are frequently
sent from The hospital completely
cured I've seen the photographs OF
the men both as they enter the hos
pital and as they leave Il; you would
mot imagine they were the same men.
Operations just as remarkable are
being performed all the time by other
American physicians You can easily
imagine that there are plenty OF op-
lportunities for our surgeons, too, to
display their Skill
How many automobiles has the
American Ambulance to carry the
wounded?' asked Joe.
, About 200" answered Uncle Harry.
"Who drive them2
Americans" said Uncle Harry.
; "Most Of them are college men who
? are glad TO give their time to this
| splendid work"
/ "These automobiles must have car
5 ried a lot OF wounded men," said
( Jimmy
, over 100000 or course all these
! wounded men have not been treated
! at tho American Ambulance. There
4 are 3S5 hospitals In Paris and in the
E suburbs arc 500 more. The automo-
S bile corps OF the American Ambulance
o has Of conrse offered its services in
carrying wounded soldiers to these
other hospitals as we'll"
L Are soldiers OF all nationalties
d brought to the American Amhulanceg
:. asked Jimmy.
n "ln the early days OF the war" said
e Uncle Harry. before the hospital scr.
S vice was adequate, the wounded sol
" diers. regardless OF their nationality
e were taken to any hospital. Nova
IS days, however, the soldiers of each ma
l. ton are kept separate as far as pos
l. sible. Only French soldiers are be
ing taken TO tthe American Ambu
d lance
s. "Unclo Harry" said Joe, How doc
wounded soldier get to the hospital
re Suppose he gets a bullet through hi
&, leg IN a charge and is left wounded q
al the battlefield how"
ir "That is one Of the pitful parts q
ne it. joe" answered Uncle Harry. DAY
he of suffering must elapse between tn
r time the soldier is wounded and IN
n time he is brought under tho care {
= the hospital authorities in Paris.
- After each charge or after night
fall, the wounded men are picked Il
and placed on hand-stretchers, cal
ried TO the nearest horse-drawn hos
pital Cor amhulanccl which convey
them to the post situated as near th
front as the shell fire OF the enem
will permit: there their wounds II
ceivo their first dressing The woun'
ed men are then transported by aut'
: mobile TO the field hospitals. which al