The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-03-29

other specialists in the country. This
Is being accomplished through the Gre
alton of a committee Of nine medical
leaders in every state, who will have
direct charge of formulating country
organizations.
All physicians are being classified
according to the work that they do
best. Surgeons who are especially pro-
f1cient In abdominal operations are
listed as such; ear, eye, nose and
throat specialists all 60 in one list;
dentists-in fact, every branch of the
medical profession is dissected and
classified, so as to be on hand for par
ticular special work when the time
of need arrives.
Proper Sanitation Important.
1t Is the object Of the commission to
get the best men possible In the lines
In which they are best. The group
will be "handpicked." When It Is
completed the medical men who agree
to become members will receive q rat
Ing In the army or navy and will have
any special instruction as to military
work that Is necessary.
One Of the important questions being
considered is that Of sanitation, and all
medical men who are students Of this
work will be listed as such. Proper
sanitation in the mobilization of any
army will save thousands Of lives as
Is demonstrated by very recent ex-
ample.
In 1893, at the outbreak Of the Span
lsh-American war, when approximate
ly 10000 troops were mobilized for
service. there developed in the various
camps 2O,7OO cases OF typhoid fever. re-
sulting in many deaths. Last summer,
/ when l4O.OOO-almOSt twice as many
troops were mObiliZed for service along
the Mexican border, only II cases Of
typhoid fever developed. The circum.
stances. In general way, were similar.
Men were taken from temperate clI-
mate to warmer climate and were as-
sembled In large camps.
The remarkable decrease in the num-
ber Of cases Of typhoid fever was due
to nothing more nor less than the
adoption Of proper methods of santa
ton. The medical corps of the army
saw the mistakes of the Spanish Amer
lean war and profited by them. 1t Is
for the further development Of such
improved methods that the medical
section Is now striving.
Lessons From European War.
In this connection object lessons are
being derived daily from the war In
Europe. Hundreds of reports are be-
Ing received from medical officers,
rr,hn
tie fronts and In hospitals, as men,
bers Of the American ambulance corps
and with various Red Cross units.
These refer to the new ways Of hand
ling the Ill and wounded, the treatment
OF wounds on the battle fields and In
hospitals. All Of these suggestions are
being tabulated for use In the future.
Out OF them the committee hopes to de-
velop thoroughly up-to-date system
for the United States.
For example. one of the suggestions
which is regarded as highly practical Is
that for conveying wounded soldiers
back from the battle lines to far dis
tant hospitals without removing them
from the stretchers on which they first
are placed. This Is accomplished by
an interchange OF stretchers, a very
simple method which never had been
put in operation before. In this way
the strength Of the patient, an impor-
tant factor for the assistance of his
recovery, is conserved.
When soldier Is placed on q
stretcher at the battle line he is car
ried to waiting ambulance. The am
bulance. In turn, receiving the patient,
does not place him on one Of its own
stretchers, but gives q stretcher to the
men who have carried the man. If the
ambulance drives to hospital train,
which Is the general custom where the
railroad lines are intact almost to the
trenches, the train gives the ambulance
z sustshsr. accepting at the same time