New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
BOSTON WOMAN AN
 ANGEL FOR WOUNDED
Runs Paris Station for Shipment
 of Surgical Dressings

committee sent 451 cases, containing ,6Sb,024 dressings. to the following places: To France 3s5 cases, Eng
 land 37 cases. Scotland 1 eases. Malta cases .and Italy 13 cases.
 To continue quoting from the letter
 of Mrs. Clifford Brigham, . part of
 which made up our last bulletin:
 Mrs. Sandars. Boston woman
 married to an Englishman, runs the shipping department ofp the Paris
 Section. It is in many ways the most
 difficult and the most important de-
 pertinent. and no one could manage
 1t more efficiently than she. The
 total output of the Paris workrooms in 1s16 was 1.e49.9S2 articles. The total number of articles sent out dur ing 1916 was 3.S96.968. The articles sent out during the first two months of 1917 numbered 912.060. Since the beginning of the war the total output has been over 9,00O.O00.000 articles of all kinds sent from America by Surgical Dressings committee.
 Bandages arc needed in all sizes from to inches and in two quali- ties Of material-the heavy and the Hght unbleached muslin. Equal numbers of each. The light material can be quite light and these bandages are much liked and take the place of gauxe bandages. Gauxe is 60 precious 1t seems g. pity to use it for bandages. We get many orders for cotton flannel bandages-the same width aS above-and for starched muslin. very stiff, bandages for plas- ter work-wtdth, 1. s. .. and 2 inches wide and 8 yards long. In making meches 1t Is very important that the ends should be turned in. Professor Reynier has brought up before the Academy of Medicine a number of cases where the gauge threads have remained in the wounds and caused abscesses. which have retarded the convalescence of the men and caused them . great deal of unnecessary suffering. The knitted wash cloths. or mitts, are most useful and we never have enough, but the French never used the dropped stitch sponges. The eye bandages are precious but should be accompanied with the eye dressings in the propor- tion of about five to one-fye dress ings to band. These should be packed in boxes lined with white paper with 8 piece of paper between each dressing. T binders very useful in small quantities. Slings are much in demand. They must be hemmed, as they are washed over and over again. If you cut them on the selvedge instead of on the bias you will get more than of the doubled ones. and they hold the arms better. It does not sag, as when cut on the bias. Thy 1t! We always put little absorbent V cotton behind our oakum as we'll as the non-absorbent and thus more satisfactory cushion is obtained-1 inch through when finished. The gauge should be folded over the back not onto the front side. The oilcloth for packing is not very practical. as it cracks. Rubber sheet ing Is far better, and If cut in lengths for putting under the draw sheets on the beds 1t is most valuable. A good lining of several thicknesses of news papers is excellent and we can use them for our incontinent pads, of which we make hundreds every week. I would propose first the paper and then the mackintosh. Mrs. Austin sends her warmest thanks to all the ladies who have done such splendid work. It Is deeply appreciated. Please beg them to continue, for now that the spring campaign has begun the need Is overwhelming"