Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
WORLD YET TO DISCOVER
PERFECT GERM|CH)E"
Clinical Congress Of Surgeons Told
Mature and Cleanliness" Are
Greatest Healers.


| CHICAGO. October 24.-That nature
and cleanliness still arc the greatest heal
ers and that tho world is yet to discover
the perfect sermicide are assertions made
before the eighth annual session of the
Clinical Congress Of Surgeons. in session
here today. More than $500 physicians
and surgeons from this country and from
England and France are In attendance
British Surgeon a Speaker.
Sir Berkeley Moynihan Of Leeds. Eng
| land. member Of the British army medical
staff. and Maj George W. Grille Of Cleve-
| land. both of whom have worked along
the front In France, declared. in address
| ing the surgeons, that the incision method
wounds did away with both antiseptfc
solutions and drainage. and that perfect
healiugs were obtained In ten days Dr.
Moynihan asserted he had been able to
discard all the recent solutions used as
antissptics and employed no other methods
than cleansing The wounds. sewing them
tight before infection set In and then
leaving nature to do the rest.
Gen. William c. Gorgas, for the Army,
and Surgeon General William c. Brais
ter. for the Navy. divided honors with Sir
Berkeley Moynihan in discussing SAM
tation from the American and the En-
glish French viewpoints, respectively,
at congress symposium here last
night. The discussion was technical,
and related principally to the care and
equipment of military camps, canton
ments and post hospitals.
Others Address the Congress.
Among those who participated in the
discussions We're DIR. Edward Martin,
Philadelphia: Dr. H. D. Dankin, New
York: DR.. d. L. Bunham. Philadelphia:
Dr. Alexis Ca-re1, New York: Dr.. William
ONeiil. Pittsburgh, and DR.. W. Estell
Lee, Philadelphia
The session Yves enlivened by an at
tack by Sir Berkeley on the Carrel
method Of treating wounds. Under
conditions other than war conditions"
he said. Or. Carrots method is almost
the ideal one. But where it falls down
1t falls down damnably, and the time 1t
consumes is all against it where hun
dreds of cases hang on an operation
before Infection.
Surgeon General W. c. Gorgas of the
United States Army. speaking before
the doctors, asserted that seven physi-
clans and surgeons are being provided
for each 1000 men OF the American
forces at the front. Great hospitals are
being erected in France. he said. with
one bed for every five men, or 100000
beds. Provision is also being made at
home for educating the MANNED and
crippled soldiers and sailors to some
suitable trade.
The life of every boy who falls upon
the fields of France while fighting for
the United States" he declared. will
be saved if medical science and human
care can do IT."
Secretary Daniels Scores Social Evil.
The first general session of the sur
geons, preliminary to the opening of
the clinic. was held Monday night. at
which Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of
the Navy: Sir Berkely Moyn.han of the
British army medical staff and Col. C.
Dercie of the French medical staff were
the principal speakers.
Dealing frankly and boldly with the
social evil as menace to the nations
efficiency. Secretary Daniels in
an address appealed to the medical pro-
fession ito end the false double stand
ard that decreases military effective
ness" The profession. he declared, must
share its part of the blame for the "un-
pardonable prudery that endured a fes-
tering evil rather than have it exposed
and eradicated"