The Arizona copper camp., 1917-10-20

October 9th? 1t will be the best
dance of the year, judging from the
plans afoot for its success. Do your
bit, you who dance.
The Red Cross beds must have blan-
kets-220,000 of them; they cost Sc
each.
In a recent issue of a magazine
there appeared a picture of mother
and two children, and below it the
caption: There will be 100000 OF
these groups to be cared for before
our new army has served a year;
10000 families of men in the navy
will need help. One hundred and
eighty dollars year is needed by the
Red Cross for each one
Through the Red Cross, America
will mother the babies of France. The
Red Cross has just sent special mis-
ison to France to help care for the
babies and young children whom the
war has deprived of adequate provis.
ion for their welfare. Besides sur.
geons and specialists in children's
diseases and infant welfare, the mis-.
sion will have the services Of men
and women skilled and experienced in
directing better-baby work on large
scale. Special aid Is to be extended
these women of France who are now
giving new sons and daughters to
their country. In 1916 the mortality
in France was $4,000 in excess OF
births. Saving the children is a ma.
tional as well as an Individual
necessity.
Debridement: It's a new word
Have you heard it? DR.. Alexis Car
rell, the famous French surgeon, for.
merly connected with the Rockefeller
Foundation, coined it. 1t is applied to
one step of the famous "Carrel Treat
ment," now SO succfully used by the
Red Cross at the front. Debridement
is described by Dr. Carrel as a very
thorough and searching house-cleaning
Of the wound under treatment. II
can be carried through with such ex
cellent effect that one of the most
prominent French surgeons states
that thorough and conscientious de-
bridement Is nearly two-thirds of the
battle for recovery.
But the motto of the surgeon must
be Thorough" No matter how huge
and gaping the wound or how enor
nous the scar appears likely to be
so far from saving every scrap and
vestige of skin that Is possible, so as
to close it over, the surgeon deliber
ately goes around the whole edge oi
the wound with the scissors or scalpeI
and cuts off clear away tsrip one
third to one-half an inch all around
Because experience shows that al
through it even looks healthy it has
been SO badly damaged by the SLASH
Of the shell that it is certain to break
down and become a source of infec
tion for the wound.
| Then the wound is explored by ster
| iliZed fingers and drawn as widely az
is safe and feasible, to get a cleal
sight of the sides and bottom of the
wound as possible, and every particle
of torn, crushed or badly damaged
flesh or fragments cut off from theil
| blood supply are cut and scrape6
away. AS final touch, pad of gauze
! is drawn over the end of some blum
instrument and the whole inner sur
face of the wound scrubbed and scrap
This thorough scrubbing out ant
laundrying of the wound takes time
and trouble, and looks at first sigh
rather drastic and heroic for the pa
tient, but he is, of course, under ether
and feels nothing. and the rapidity
with which wounds will begin to hea
after thorough cleaning and debride
ment of the wound is something mos
gratifying.
The Carrel treatment, even under
its innumerable notifications, has
done more to save life, save limbs
from amputation, to diminish suffer
ing and hasten recovery, than any
other surgical procedure of the war
Quoted from DR.. Woods Hutchinson
/ The American Red Cross commits
sion to Italy is thoroughly equipped
in personnel to determine the needs
in Italy, and is ready to give imme