Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24
Hundred Thousand Physicians
Needed for American Armies

4 physician with e. wife and two
invalid ,hlIarpn should. ~ course,
remain ut home lie iH to be com
miseratsd rather than censored
But tigtr are many phySicians who
can Eo without great sacrifice and
thcl SHOULD ,.uHlrr ut nn honor
ana privilege tp serve their country.
II ia nu huuuU TO- any physician "a
give his ,uuut4 uN that he has In
90 time or Nvns. ana a physician can
du no hInnrl ur uuhler service than
Go Hu with lHu urIuuN soldiers and
bind up tI'u wounds ana alleviate
their Nuftrrug
.Nuu the uluou wants are The
good drrJnrs. who KNOW what to do
without going home a. look n up
rud Major jump "No need the
man who rHu so ahead, the doctor
vito has tu uar his books had bet.
t.r stay ul home where his books
HIr
Many Celebrated Surgeons Helping
Ila mentioned number Of dis.
tlnuuished surgeons ~ the country,
who have lpft their practirs and are
NNuE their service 10 tho nutOu.
Among lhc4c are ihr famous MAYO
brothrrs ~ Rochester Minn. br.
John j Kinney ut Kansas city br
[ John Deycr and Dr John Martin ut
/ Philadelphia. In Franklin " Mar
/ tin of chicago, prs William IT,
ucpl le here ana pairiOuc physl-
, Johus Hopkins university hospital
and others
we want physlrlans uider 5j,
who are physically, morally and
. professionally capable Tor this serv.
i,e." stld Major jump "sRd J am
particularly Interested ln the young
/ phyMciaus uf the country between
/ the nRrs of 81 and 81 who can
stand the examination and meet IN
. requirements. 1his war and the
experience II Is bringing H. great
opportunity for them ana what they
! viii learn In two or three years
service iu the army viii be worth
20 years experience In private prac-
uCe
"Rut above all ls the call oi
patriOtiRm physiCinnz are just ~
essential to our army az flghtlnl
men. | do not tell any man what
hal duty IT, lie knows II az well a,
/ / nut | do emphasize the trutf
that any physician should consider
70 u privilege to Aerve his country II
I this 'risiS
100, 900 Needed
Major JUMP stated that the gov
erhmcut nc~H 100000 physichn'
for service IN the army cAntOnmenu
at home as well ns abroad, 10 han
die orthopedic cases, that H. bon,
and joint diseasea.
The medical work OF the army h,
! said IN divided into twenty two di
visions, such as informal medicine
general surgery, Orth0pedlc surgery
/ head surgery, eye, ear and nose an'
throat Diseases, sanitation, genito
urinary, Cunta Rlous Diseases, etc
and placed at work In the particular
llvislons Tor which they are quail
fed
our army 10 going TO be caret
for as woll as possible" said he
and while there have been rougl
Y XhtOrieS from one or two of tn
Ytrainlnk camps the cases were onll
"A very smnll per cent whom II Is re
mombcred that there are lb.0Ot
physicians on duty
we are going at this thing with
the most progressive ideas The verl
latest improvements In everything
IN being used, such sa antiseptics
apparatus sanitary care and rr oss
| thl WV " Nv NNANfN ~ HflnH Nbtt
more than ever before and through
II surgeons are iochiiHing forcigI
Nhodies 30 that old probing method
are eliminated. They know Jus
whore 60 cut and some Of the mos
important advances surgical EuIenc
has seen IN years have been hrough
out by the surgeons In the field Il
tho front,
We have the benefit uf the espe
rience OF the EnKf'sh and Frencl
surgeons slnce the war began Il
guide VA and the army surgeons ar
returning 90 per cent OF all wound
ed men to the battle line"
Major Jump told OF the variou
relief work through n wounded sol
dier nn5sca when he Ia picked u
OFT the battlefield ilrst he Ia care
fnr nv the rsgimental surgeon Il
/ the trenches, tnen he n carried b
litter bearers 60 the first dressin
station. whore his dressings ar
changed and emergency surgery
done Aero he la fed and rested an
then taken to the field hospital b
ambulance and from there to IN
evacuation hospital b. amhulanc,
Ultimately ho reaches the base hos
pital, which IN located bayond IN