Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-04
ARMY PHYSICIANS
TO AID NE|GHBORS
will Treat Influenza Cases in
Apartments in Which
...
They Live.

lnuUenZa IN the dpdT IIHelI HOUSES VI
homes in which they live, in order to
relieve the strain placed upon local
physicians of caring for victims of the
epidemic.
A bulletin requesting them to enroll
at the Office Of Brig. Gen. T. c. Lyster.
surgeon generals Office, 7th and B
streets. for this volunteer work was
Appeal to Civilian Doctors.
Army officials pointed out that if
the civilian physicians of the city who
live in big apartment houses also will
care for the cases which occur in their
apartments they will save time lost by
other doctors in making calls, and
thereby enable all members of the
profession to visit more patients.
The bulletin from the surgeon gen.
erals Office to Army medical men
brings out the fact that the hospitals
of Washington are taxed to their
capacities because of the epidemic
and that Army physicians can do
much by. volunteer work to prevent
further cases from going to these in
situations.
Text of Bulletin in Part.
The bulletin reads in part as fol-
lows:
Medical officers now on duty. in
Washington, living in apartment
houses, who wish to volunteer their
services to care for the families of
officers and enlisted men living in
their apartment house, will send in
their names to Brig. Gen. T. c. Lyster
room H-21S, surgeon genraPs office,
7th and B streets. In order that this
may be SyStematized one medical Off
Ger from those volunteering will be
selected to act as chief of the serv-
ice and such others as volunteer will
assist, all to act as assistants to
the attending surgeon. They will ar
range their visits so that the patients
in the apartment house will be seen
prior to the Medical officers leaving
for their regular occupations, and
again visited in the evening; their
ing in the apartment house in which
the medical officer lives. 1t is not con-
sidered necessary for him to answer
any outside calls.
Call to Trained Women.
''That women having some nursing
training living in apartment houses,
who wish 70 volunteer their services for
caring for the families of officers and
enlisted men living in their apartment
house. will send in their names to Brig.
Gen. T. c. Lyster, room HE'S, surgeon
generals office, 7ths and B streets. One
woman will be selected to act as chief
nurse, the others to act as assistants.
They are to assist the medical officer on
outy at their apartment. These volun-
tecr nurses will not be requested to
answer calls outside of the apartment in
which the volunteer nurse lives.
Emergency Dispensary Rooms
'"rhe medical personnel under the
control of the medical officer acting as
chief of the service will arrange, ac-
cording to existing conditions in the
apartment house, facilities for fur
nishing a room to serve as an emer-
gency dispensary: such stock medi-
cines as may be easily dispensed from
an emergency dispensary of this char
acter. masks, etc, will be furnished by
the attending surgeon. This will not
only relieve the dispensary situation
in the attending surgeons office, but
will give an immediate supply of med
icines to those SO entitled in the apart
ments in which they live.
TT is necessary at this time to re-
lieve the hospitals of cases of inf1u-
enza. At the present time there are
no available beds for these cases in
Washington, and anything that can
be done in this direction will ease the
situation to a proportionate degree"