New Britain herald., 1917-12-18
INCREDIBLE FEATS
 ONE RESULT OF WAR
Army Surgeons Performing AL
 most Miracles in Treating Injured

French Front. Dec 18.-(Corre- 1 spondence of The Associated Press.) Almost incredible feats have been l and are being accomplished every day l of the war by the surgeons who treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield. These remarkable feats have increased l in frequency as the stricken men are
 more quickly gathered in by the am- bulances and brought to the field hos pitals for surgical intervention. At the beginning of the war it was not always possible to clear up bat tlefield of the casualties in less than three or four days, and on many occasions wounded men waited even longer before their injuries could be handled. The result of this was that large numbers of the wounded suc- cumbed from gangrene or blood pois- oning. or were rendered so feeble 1 from loss of blood that they were
 unable to undergo operations that
 were vitally necessary. It was at that
 time regarded as a satisfactory result
 when sixty per cent of the wounded
 brought into the hospitals recovered
 eventually from their injuries.
 This percentage of losses among the
 wounded men would at present be
 regarded with 4horror by the military surgeons, who now reckon with per- feet assurance on saving about nine- tenths of the wounded men coming under their treatment During the battle of Flanders the percentage of recoveries among wounded men brought to the hospitals amounted to cighty-six.
 This striking figure was still fur innTnVA0 of the recent battle in which the French wrested from the Germans the fort of Malmaison and caused them to evacuate the Chemin des Danes after throwing away hundreds of thousands of the Grown Princes best troops in the effort to retain it. The French surgeons report after the conclusion of the fighting and the treatment of all the wounded show that ninety men out of every hundred brought to hospital recovered from their hurts.
 Speed in collecting the wounded is the greatest factor in bringing about this progress.
 Americans have had much to do with the speeding up of the ambulance service, for their ambulances have been present at every point where fighting has been severe and their work has been highly praised by the army commanders. Americans have done much in providing hospital ac- commodation near the front as well as at the bases.
 One instance of American effort in providing for the accommodation and treatmen of the wounded is that under the management of Miss Kath- r1z 0F ot teau of Annel. There she has worked almost since the very beginning of the war. While the battle for the fort of Malmaison was in progress the hospital dealt with a considerable number of wounded, who were first bandaged on the battlefield and then brought down the river Aisne on board a barge fitted up as 8 floating
 hospital
 Miss Park says there is only one thing needed to make her hospital
 complete and that is what is known as an "autochir," composed of
 travelling surgical outfit carried in
 five automobile wagons-one for the
 operating room, one for the rao1o-
 logical examinations of wounds one for
 carrying bandages and supplies, one
 for staff and fifth to convey the tent
 for the beds on which the men lie
 after the operations and while wait
 ing to be conveyed to the barge for transport to the hospital base in the rear If she possessed this portable hospital she is convinced that many lives would be saved, since rapidity of treatment is the main factor in dealing with wounds.
 Miss Park has working with her in conjunction with the French military surgeons a number of American doc ] tors, who all participated in the hand 1 ling of the French wounded during 1 the battle of Malmaison. Also she
 has with her several American trained
 nurses and helpers. Among the doc tors are Richard Boiling and Robert l Schrock, from New York; George de Tornovsky, from Chicago; John J. l Moorhead, from the New York Post l Graduate hospital; and Doctors Paul R. Sieber, J. H. Wagner, Froidy, Ja- 1 cobs, B. z. Cashnar and H. G. Clarke, I of Pittsburgh. The nurses comprise 1 Misses Sweet, K1lgrew and Holley, ] from the Detroit Harper hospital; 1;