Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-22
TRUST GORGAS AND AMERICAN
MEDICAL GENIUS, SAYS BRlT0N
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4 especial organism concerned.
o course the greatest problem of
all has been that Of furnishing quick
help to the wounded. Here the motor
has been of immense value. We could
not conduct the medical department of
this war without motors. 1t means or
ganization ad hoe and easily accessi-
bliity from the field to Tx casualty
clearing stations.
This, to some extent, is a road prob
lem, and that statement will give you
an idea OF the varieties OF effort which
have been demanded of the medical
service during this war. AS things
stand cases hit in the trenches are in
hospital, roughly speaking, within two
or three hours. The speeding up In
the case of abdominal wounds has been
especially gratifying.
Lively and useful discussions have
been ntinuo among surgeons as
kinds of wounds. One of the most inn
portant of all hat hav been devised
has been that of wound irrigation
worked out by DR.. Alexis Carrel.
usually of Rockefeller Institute, New
York, but~for h present in France.
Women the Only Really Good Nurses.
One of the matters which usefully
may be brough to American atten-
ton, although very likely there is no
SS~ W Wv sSOt AZ SilC ldSl q We nave
learned to attach immense Importance
TO the employment OF women nurses
rather h men. Here was a very
pretty problem, for it must be obvious
at once that it was impossible for the
country. to supply enough trained
nurses for the services which were re-
CURED IN all the widely separted parts
OF the world in which British troops
were compelled to fight.
n very early in the wal it be-
came necessary for the regularly or
ganized military nurses to cooperate.
with and call for help from the men,
bers OF voluntary aid detachments for
the performance OF such work as I'M
trained or partially trained women
can do.
I'm each area Of operations is a head
OF the nursing service who Is RESPONSE
BILE to the director Of the medical serv-
ice for the supervision Of the eff
cheney and sufficiency Of the nurses
abroad. The Whole service is UNDER
the matron in chief. Miss Becher. who
recently discussed with you for pub
~lication In America the plans which
have been put into operation in her
department.
Another thing which has been
proved necessary Is the Organization
Of what we cali orthopedic centers.
where surgeons skilled In their work
concentrate upon the work presented
by the MANNED soldier. This very inn
portant effort is under Col. Robert
Jones. OF course many Of these men
are permanently unfit for military
service. and when this is the case it is
especially he duty Of the organization
to do all that can be done Tor them:
In other instances exactly the right
treatment may fit them with surpris-
ing ~Quickness for a return to the
ranks. and when this is possible it is
important that 1t should be done.
Let US consider the history of the
wounded soldier from the moment
when he meets with his particular one
of the misfortunes OF the great war
which have been thrust upon us.
"first. as he lies wounded on the
field or in his trench he is aided by
his very definite regimental organiza-
ambulance organization to a casualty
clearing station. where he is operated
upon II his case is sue as to demand
Immediate operative treatment. Many
very serious operations are performed
at the cleoring stations and the most
badly wounded cases are retained
there.
often are very neal to the firing line.
and there have been many instances
i. which they seem to have beer spe-
ca targets for tine enemy's fire, with
disastrous results for the nurses. the
doctors and the patients.
From the casualty clearing sta
tons the wounded r taken to the
base hospitals by hospital trains on
whatever lines of communication may
Ire available. and from the base hos
pitfalls they are taken (by hospital
ship. OF course) to England-if the
Germans do not q regard the Red
Cross n blow up the ships Of mercy.
After the cases have. reached Eng
land thc first are handled in the
primary hospitals. which are manned
and equipped to deal with any sort of
cases. From the primary hospitals
they are distributed as may be to the
auxiliary hospitals, which are devised
especially for adaptation to treat con-
Ivalescent cases.
the large military convalescent insti-
tuttOns. OF. which there are several.
notably that 1t Btackpool. that nj
E~astbourne n that A. EPSON. These
are great affairs OF three or more
thousand beds each. where the patients
are submitted to disciplined regimes.
including drills and physical exercise.
while at b same time, undergoing
such medical treatment @ they may
need to make them ht for re-entrance
into h army. 4.
Sending % Per Cent Back 20 F;oht.
THE effectiveness Of all this ID
shown by thef fact that. We are return
ing to their military usefulness not
less than 80 per cent. Is unable to 90
may 80 to . command depot, where
1hrther training again viii be stimuli
taneous with treatment for hin disa.
btltties. md thence 80 to his battalion.
Such is he history OF the wounded
soldier who II sufficiently recovered
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