Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
ARMY 6 NAVY
BRAINS
OF NATION WILL
GUARD SOLDIERS

How the soldier is to be cared for
from a medical standpoint is de-
scribed in a recent statement by Ma
ior General William G. Gorgas, chief
Of the medical department of the
army.
We are putting the best brains in
the country to work on the problem
and have commissioned, as majors in |
the reserve. specialists in the medical |
and surgical branches we wish COW
cred" said Gen GoTgas. Among |
those who are in the department are
Majors William H. WEIGH, the famous |
pathologist ofsJehn Hopkins hospital; |
Victor C. Vaughn, dean Of the Univer-
sity OF Michigan medical department; |
william H. Mayo, Charles Mayo, Theo- |
dore C. Janeway, physician in chief
of the John Hopkins hospital and sec
rotary of the Russell Sage Institute Of
Pathology; ]. E. Goldthwaite, the no
ted orthopedic surgeon, and Pearce
Bailey, the celebrated neurologist and
psychialtrist.
Special Care for Shock
I'VE will take special care of nerv.
Gus and mental disorders, which are
among tn most common troubles to
F'be dealt with in modern armies. Shell
shock requires scientific treatment,
and the best results are obtained
when the patient is kept under OBJ
servation within sound of the guns.
Speaking Of the cantonments, a
million men-as sound Of mind and
body as we can choose out Of the ma
H. - tat
camps and barracks under government
supervision. We want the soldiers
folks at home to feel that he's going
to stay sound, that he's not going to
sicken In camp without the privilege
OF strikirJ a blow for his country
That's not mere sentiment It's good
economics. The rule of our medical
force In each cantonment will be
watch, watch. Just as we're keeping
liquor and vice as far as possible
away from our new troops, SO, too,
must we declare No admittance' to all
the germs which, of old, wrought
havoc with armies.
ION the grounds we will have the
best laboratories that can be built.
/ In the matter Of tuberculosis alone
We intend to give the care which will
reduce that disease to a minimum.
Colonel George e. Bushnell, of the
regular army, who was for years at
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, where tn.
bercular cases are treated, will take
charge of all such work in the can.
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Careful Watching Necessary 49,.
THE average layman,, perhaps, will
ask, Why should 1T DE necessary ito
look out for consumption in a body
iof physically fit men who lead active
lives out-of-doors? Every medical
man knows that the germ, OF tuber.
culosis exists in the body of the av
erage individual, but that the disease
often develops in its own good time.
For this re9son 1t is not always pos.
sible for the medical examiner. pass.
ing on a recruit, to tell whether that
recruit will or will not develop the
disease. Therefore, inspection with |
regard to this malady viii be frequent
and thorough. Amy suspected case
will be put under observation, and
should the symptoms persist the pa,
tent viii be at once treated, under
the most modern conditions, in the
proper hospitals.
We are bending our energies to 4
do a big work in a big way. II any
body says I'm boasting when / call
this the most important work in the
war department I'll take the risk. We |
spent $5,00o,000 for supplies last week
and that money bought material which
Is going toward saving what the Ger
mans wreck We have increased our
assistants ninefold and are calling for /
more. And I want to say here and now
that we are military men with mill
tary discipline, but our work is for
efficiency in conserving the vitality
Of fighting men,