The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
DOCTORS WINNING FOR
OUR BOYS LONG FIGHT
AGAINST WOUND SHOCK
Exoerece q Allies Surgeons For Three Years. Developed
il, Eainstaking Tests, Gives Injured American
Soldier Immense Advantage

illusion Of shell. H was severely
wounded. suffering Il compound irac-
lure If one arm and some bad muscle
l'tr,rn:GnnE. Ills Cnurld"S picked MI"
ur ana hurried him !" III" nearest dress
, l;:, stnir"u, h"! by thu tiin" n" ROT lh'rr
Li:: wounds l"ui;"d like d'nd flesh. 'rh"r"
w.; NJ bleeding and the mans pulse
was sun.
! n" was conscious and mentally bright
"IlcllU. i'"!iuWS.' h" "allcd out TO mos"
who worked oirr HIN. AMI 10 the sur
w""n he said confidently: "lN" got
hlIrhty. haven't L." Meaning Il rest IN
hospital.
Even the surgeon thought 81. The
case was h"d. hui, nc nan seemed S" 1T
Yet. within an hour n" WAS dead.
Shock Hours After.
There Was Il sergeant. i hard-wHrklnE
: rrr>ricnti"u% man. loved lry his fellows.
y r,',.. 80 s'l"li got Inn rs he lay aSi"rr
, ~ th,' foot 81 a dGar,lli. E"th feet wri"
{ shattered. Within. ton minutes the SUR
gems had III" man on tn" operating
Fable. hui Il" was another cas-" oi shock
He died while they were working over
him.
Shock has other ways oF showing it
e'!t. y Snidi"r. very badly w"undcd IN
, H., chest and abdomen. was treated IN
;h" advanced drrSsin: station. and MS n"
, appeared Ia b: normal in every way II"
was wrapped up and sent in an anhu-
laurr Ia tn" evacuation nos. pLHl. with
in Il few hours after he arrived. and
when he was; sleeping quietly. symptoms
uf shock appeared.
lie sat UP in hid, Struggling and tear
ing at TN" hanln;ccS which covered his
chest. "Alr' he caS7cd Il must hnT"
air. curE"t breathe
Nurses and doctors surrounded II"
poor man trying Ia alleviate his intense
| agony. EhIt they knew shat THIS AR
hunger is It Is called. was almost Ger
T1,10 Nf r.,E if1 a. Oh, g
death.
Find Ont Causes.
Tho doctors had !" find out what
caused thrS'' conditions. They could
mot TIL hy simply observing tho shocked
men; T." many -! Them died before
much "fS' rvaIi"H could hr made.
It did not h"ln ;hr doctors In "hS"rv"
that tn. blood pressure Of such patients
went down and that :n"St Of the blood
IN Their bodies seemed 70 disappear.
Nh"r' did t disappears Nobody knew.
| Tho mems pulses stopped. Their w"unl:
! r:.Scd t" bleed. Why" Why did they
surfer this awfTl air hCnEcr: What -
! iailon had the low blood pressure with
i III" breathing; capacity"
Their" WIS On" way and on" only for
! 1h"m 10 finl uul. they hal I" aua"the
~" great many cGIr"l PISS. rabbits
and other small animals and subject
| them whitn unconscious I" conditions; as
/ nearly as possible Identical with ihns"
unh'" which III" :l''u had developed
! wound Shuc.i. Th,n they examined every
organ % tn" wounded animals. analysed
| their blood. rIinut"iy Siudi"d them. with
! IN" r'$ali that th"E know. il not all
/ ;'h"jit ~'nuud shock. ~ least Something.
They know i great deal about Tho causes
| and they M" on III" track at III" cure.
Reaction Strong.
! Thrr know, for instance that 'trs..
! rl"nant:; changes ;Hkr place in IN" Sys-
| tom following 4 battle III" E,"n 70
! INT" action with thor hearts heating alb
H"r'Aaliy hard and high. They nrr in
stat" of int"r@" excitement. When ihry
/ ar" wounded th"r" occurs 4 SHARP renee
! zion. h":h mental and physical. partly
| l'"rauSr Of tho wound. partly h"rnrI.;c "C
| lad conditions which often pr'c"dr go
! !n:- OYER Inc tor.
Oar m"n h,hlnd tho lines. even whom
! ih"r nr" "Ni-'S'd g occasional smell fro
! Lead almost normal lives. They cal and
! Sl""p anf Keep fairly romf"r,ahi" even
! IN had weather. I:u; III III" front lr"Hrn-
! -. !! must hc admitted, only tn sublime
"'u"'ts" and devotion oc tia mon rnah!ca
ih"r I" endure with cheerful courage
| :h"ir surroundings
they have r""h rrnd IN tn" front
tr n"h"s. III" lr"n hHr' told nae. Eut
| they are 'iIm"% short Of water Thcv
S!""n IL constantly interrupted >nai"h".:.
! Tn" ar. W.T. I" tn" skin a"d sometimes
very cold. Th"v work hard :inL rye tor
mrn''L with The n"IS". n" ha$;ir.
! %hrirk ana win" Of hull",& thr roar
! of shells. Oft"u when they :" OYER the
top t'I"" are rs tire! 49, dogs. their car
cElaii"m is sluggish with cold. their
! bodies Hrt full - w1*l'' products.
injection Used.
tn" mad excitement Of h1t'l" is fol-
lowed hy thr Shrcl: "f II w"u'''i. icy
"o,d s;TIp& Them Their lr;ls'S stnr.
now know Eli THIS Th'y rar., devised.
even in ,L.. .ti':l!,,rI dressing sta. IONS