The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-01
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DEATH RI
OF HUNDRED MEN

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Scourae Of Pneumonia at Camp Dodge
Seems to Have Subsided, Leaving
Death Record Of 100 Men.
1000 MEN IN THE HOSPITAL
Care and Attention Given the Sick
Men Could Not Be improved-15O
of Best Nurses Are on Duty.
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp
Dodge, April 29-The scourge of pneu-
monia which made Camp Dodge the
most unhealthy cantonment in Amerl'
ca seems to have subsidized. Ihe
month of April leaves behind death
record of 100 men from this disease.
The most noted experts and special
lists in the United States army have
been devoting their time and talents
in all effort to break the hold or the
disease. These men are greatly en-
couraged over the improved condition.
They believe their efforts have been
materially supplemented by the wealth
or, That blanket of snow which came
SO gently upon the dusty earth had a
most wholesome effect. because ply
icians believed that the dust was large
ly responsible for the prevalence OF
tho disease. The lungs Of some OF the
victims revealed in a post mortem ex
animation the presence OF foreign par.
ticles that could only have lodgment
by being inhaled in the dust that was
bin ding during the windy days.
There are now about 1000 men in
the hospital A transfer of chronic
cases of various ailments took about
200 men to the newly installed nation
al reserve hospital at Ft. Des Moines
where twenty Red Cross nurses are on
duty. The number of men in the hos
pitals is not startling when 1t Is TAX
en- into account that sick men nave
been accommodating since early last 1ali'
Thousands of men have been sent to
other camps and in each case the SICK
we're left behind and with the accumu'
lated Affections from all men VINO
have been received since and are now
at the camp it is not surprising that
the sick list is apparently large.
The care and attention given the
sick men could not be improved. There
is not a hospital in the civic life OF
any community in the entire country
that is so thoroughly adapted to the
care of the afflicted. All modern ana
necessary equipment is avallaDie'
Cleanliness is enforced with the great
est precision; one hundred and MY
of the best nurses in the United states
are on duty. These women, most OF
) them mature in age and Judgment ana
with experiences that have given prac-
tice that leads to efficiency are thor
Oughly in earnest and while the smile
and genial cordiality is ever present
In the sick wards there is underneath
it all a seriousness that prompts ca
pable, intelligent service. That is the
business of Red Cross nurse. She is
not in the business as pastime, nor
is she in it for the remuneration or
the small stipend of $52 per month.
because she could make more than
double this amount in her profession
in civic life, hut she is concerned tor
her country just as much so as the
brave young men who are training 1or
service across the sea. Patriotic I'M
pulses prompt loyal service and the
young women are doing not only their
bit but their best.
Tho physicians and surgeons were
your family doctors at home. They
have dropped the title OF doctor or
physician and are known here as col
onels, majors, captains or lieutenants
on the medical staff. There are men
on duty here drawing the meager sal
ary allotted to their rank. who left be-
hind a practice that brought them
from $4,000 to 100000 year. Spe-
cialists are here who have national
reputation. About every disease
known on the medical profession crops
out here. Many men were afflicted
when they entered camp life. Others
failed to take proper care Of them
selves under their new environment.
While sanitary rules are very strict
and their observation most insistent
this does not prevent a fellow from
sprawling on the ground when he is
wet with persHirat!c:: after intensive
drilling and taking cold. even though
he has been warned not to do so.
This reference to the hospital and
its equipment for the most efficient
service Is made at this time for pur-
pose. There is not community in the
four states represented here but what
Has SOlIIC VI OCoI yONho AAANAA AAO-S
Anxious mothers there are back home
wondering what will happen to their
boys il they get sick and are denied
mothers care and attention. The an
swer is in a study of the conditions as
we have outlined so briefly and made
auately. No home in all this broad
land could give the boy as good ac'
comm modations If sick as are here pro-
vided and no hospital. whether private,
under the direction of some church or
ganization or maintained and sup
ported by a municipality can attain
to the standard maintained by this
base hospital behind which stands the
medical corps of the department OF
war-this great government OF the
United States. If you please.
Applicants for Tank Service.
A number of men are anxious to be
transferred to department that Is
not represented here at Camp Dodge,
that of the tank service. A tank you
understand is an armored monster
that is propelled by a gas engine OF
a thousand horse power and whose To-
comotion is provided by a caterpillar
movement which enables 1t to go over