The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-15

In constructing, modelling and apply ing pfostheses for the teeth and pal ate.
 Another special hospital I saw had been arranged on Prof. H. Strauss initiative, to treat gastro-intestinal af- fections and diabetes. The intestinal affections are to some extent the con- sequence of dysentery. which has been quite prevalent in the field, but the majority were cases of aggravation of preceding astro-intestinal troubles. especially stomach troubles. Diabetes were few: only one case was known that had developed in the field The importance of such special hospitals lies not only in the better facilities for dietetfo measures, in comparison to the general hospitals, but also in the fact that the mems capacity for further service in the field can be es- timated better here.
 Artificial Limbs.
 "A question which has interested medical men particularly in this war has been that of artificial limbs and training in their use. The impression has been that there was a very large proportion of injuries of the arm en- tafling paresis, especially radial paral- ysis, or more or less crippling ampu- tauon. An exposition of artificial limbs was held which demonstrated the way in which the construction of these prostheses had attained simplic- tty and efficiency. In the Brandenburg lazaret we had opportunity to see them applied and in use. This lag aret was installed in an insane asylum which was complete at the outbreak of the war but had not been used. There was a farm connected with the institution, and those who had been farmers before their injury are being trained in the use of their prosthesiS The superintendent of the farm de- partment is g man who lost his right arm in childhood and who many years has been a successful farmer with his prosthesis. It Is clear that the example of such & man is most in spirtng to the men with their new prosthesis. We saw this man mow a field of rye and bind up, the grain and do 1t as skillfully as any one could do with both hands. In addition to this department there are training schools for all kinds of work where the disabled maimed are trained.
 Prisoners Camp.
 "In Br4ndenburg we had further opportunity to visit prisoners camp. It housed 10000 prisoners but most of them were away at the time, working in the field or factories Work Is not compulsory, but most of the men are glad of the opportunity for something to do, and they prefer the food they get from the farmers to/that in the prison camp. The prisoners in this camp were mainly Russian. They sleep on wooden beds in two tiers in large barracks. The camp is separat- ed into districts, each with quarters for 1000 men. These districts are enclosed in a barbed wire fence, so that if epidemic disease breaks out in one district 1t can be isolated by merely stattoning a guard at the sin gle gate. The food supply is in the hands of the military authorities here as elsewhere; unpleasant experiences having shown the folly of farming it out to private parties. The food ra- dons are calculated according to the calories-2,500 calories a day; this is little scanty, but scarcely scantier than most of the Germans just at present are living on, and Judging rom the peoples aspect the nourish- ment was sufficient. The quality df the food seems to be stamped some- what with the scarcity of foodstuffs. but Of course we cannot set up our palates as judges of taste here. Among the prisoners were some Russian phy- sicians who treated the sick in a speI c1al barracks fitted up as hospital. although with Spartan simplicity: they were not very happy in their Honotonous existence and had but one wish: to be exchanged"
 Typhus
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