The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-04
TO EVADE war SERVICE
SIMULATE DISEASE In EFFORT
TO ESCAPE MILITARY
SERVICE.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 4.-Self
inflicted ailments for the purpose OF
evading military responsibility will
excuse less men from the second
draft than from the first If steps now
being taken by the war department to
check the stimulation Of disease ac-
complishes the purposes sought, The
United States public hygiene service
has become interested In gathering
data of simulated diseases, with the
result that the exhaustive study Is
now being sent broadcast to all ned
ical officers of the army for consulta-
ton before the men in the second
draft are called for examination.
Cases have developed where men
have gone so far as to risk their lives
to simulate disease and thus escape
military service. Some men are
known TO have eaten lye, potash and
sulphuric acid in order to give symp-
toms of ulcers of the stomach. 9th
ers who apparently feared high ex-
p~losives on the battle front had little
fear of taking these explosives inter-
nally. Nitroglycerin and cordite
were eaten and produced all the
symptoms of attractive heart. 9th
ers practiced the art Of camouflage
by painting their faces with a tine
ture of walnut juice and thus effect
ed the most evident of the symptoms
of jaundice.
Other men seemed to fear they
would be wearied by war. To pre-
clude any such happening they eff
fected physical exhaustion prior to
their examination for military serv-
ice. To accomplish this was a SIM
pie matter. Continued consumption
OF vinegar in stiff quantities will
produce all of the appearance of
physical exhaustion which medical
officers term toxic symptoms"
In others assesses were provoked.
Reports have been received of u num-
Der of assesses which were found to
have been manufactured" Small
wads of cotton thread were saturated
with tartar scaped from the teeth and
inserted in a small opening made be-
meath the skin. Within a short time
these aggravated what seemed to be
assesses or stimulation of Assesses.
Simulated diseases of the eyes
were a frequent form of self inflicted
ailments. 1t was found in many
cases that the registrants before ex-
aminations had placed any one of a
large number of lotions and acids be-
meath their eyelids, causing inflam-
nation and initiated organic trouble
of the optics. Gladular swelling or
Jumps also were resorted to. Some
of the more adroit men in the draft
accomplished this by the use of hot
paraffin by infection. After the cool
ing the paraffin presented all the APP
pearance Of swollen glands.
For the benefit of the army sur
geons charged with the examination
Of the next draft more than 100 of
these simulated diseases have been
classified, and exhaustive informa-
ton, giving all details, have been
sent to examining doctors to aid
them in the detection OF counterfeit
ailments.
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