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long list of surgical dressings to
meet the standards set by the Red
Cross. There is also some instruc-
ton in the theory of sterilization,
sepsis, and antiseptics. The students
are taught how to wrap dressings
and line and pack Box of the stand
ard Red Cross series of boxes Of hos
pital supplies. In this series, Box 1
contains the emergency surgical
dressings used in base hospitals.
The way to get these courses of
instruction is continually being made
easier. In the larger teaching CEN
tres, which are usually located in
convenient places. In Philadelphia,
| for instance, classes are conducted in
the Wanamaker department store.
But there are few localities in the
United States IN which any woman,
| genuinely intent upon receiving this
| instruction, cannot find the oppor-
tunity. In any case, the first step is
to write to the Red Cross Bureau of
| Nursing Service in Washington. If
the applicant lives near a teaching
centre she will be referred to the
nurse director there. If she lives in a
small town or rural community she
will receive full instructions how to
organize an Independent class.
To do the latter she must find nine
other interested women, for the
classes are not conducted for less
than ten nor for more than twenty
members. When the class is organ
lied according to the established
rules an instructor will be provided
When the courses in surgical dress
lngs were first inaugurated 1t was
impossible to provide teachers ad
llbitum, for the reason that the first
instructors were all nurses whose
numbers are limited. Since ther
many of the more proficient in the
teachers. In this way the system is
now spreading over the country like
an endless chain.
For women anxious to be of patri.
otto service to the government in
time of war, the course in surgical
dressings is the most important Of
the three. In any serious conflict the
military hospitals will use enormou:
quantities of these dressings. Indeed
it is not too much to say that specia
bandage factories may be necessary
to supplement the best endeavors Of
the home workers in this service
. The women trained by the Red eros:
will be invaluable to the government
4 as supervisors of such work-roOms
| Women of wealth can find opportun
ity for service by taking the cours
In surgical dressings and holdin,
themselves ready to employ othe
women to work under their direction
| The many women who have not tn
opportunity to attend the classes ca
help the Red Cross in the event o
war. In the list of nursing supple
cles which can be made by a goo
needlewoman without special instruc
ton. The Red Cross has II SITS o
I these articles, patterns, and diagram
for making them, and even sample
which can be furnished to those vo
unteering for this service.
Large city chapters of the Re
Cross may contract to provide all tn
supplies needed by an entire bias
hospital unit. For such quantity {
supplies the material alone costs
the neighborhood of $4,000. Fro
organized effort of this magnituc
the work will be parcelled out dow
the line until you will find rur
groups of women supplying doze
bandages at time.
| There is other active work, to
/ which women volunteers may ulde
take in the event of war. The var
Gus Red Cross state and local hea'
quarters will be busy places, requl
ing plenty of assistance. Just no
| the organization is enrolling mot
Cars, either with personal service
with hired cfauffeurs. At preser
nothing more is contemplated tia
the use of this service by warrior
Red Cross headquarters within Il
J United States, but it is possible tn;