The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Article XIX.
py Theta Cliilda Dorr.

BY Theta Clilde Dorr.
Ev ih.. time II" U"ws reaches u@ H'''
!, America that one oI cur believed :i',
h,., v,,JrJ,. IL France y: worst Is
! USUALLY OYER ana tic patient Is often
GU, of ,lan2;cr |: takes several day" Tor
s,ich rrws t. reach Washington and hr
! ,,lcsru;h.d t. su!di RS relatives. ala!
/ if no srcnhI trl"rr;lln c"ri'.i closely 81"
INC Hrs, We may ~ truly ihankf!l
My 500 Wa, w"unI',i "n ~ 'h"nt IN"
twcuty-siNth Of May. a:!d u WIS nearly
a week h..:ui,. ! heard II 1t. II II hal
llppeur,! 4 yrar ar" should t;Lir hrrh
pur:lly.c,l with fear. not bec;Iu%" "t lh'
wound. bat because g; dread "f Ia"
ar;yr effects. Ia" cu"r,n"u% adVln'a%"
We have r.yc our %pl""dId %lli''s Is mat
WI, mo-, pnIy hei.,l.t from ,i"!r experience
III battle. hut from their "NH"T!"nc" III
IN. hospital. Wounds which for the
first three years OF The war were ma
uossiblc % cure are Row i'll ,tho CLASS
called rav"rabl".
Ii - Thu: knowledge that helps ="
keep me in courage. and | hope II viii
help all the others. We nrc TO" Gar
away To realize the war, but W" Know
that our sons arr in deadly peril from
German Shot and shell.
There has not becn enough said about
the magnificent work o. the army sur
seons in restoring mon. ono OF thr!r
greatest achicr0 mrntS was III" conquest
OF trench fever. In u previous aru'r
told that story. In this ore ! shall
tell If the great iii;ht they hay" made
hight almost If not quite won against
Il srll more terrible maJaGy, wound
shock.
Sack has been called the grratcat
! mystery of the war. IT followed sever"
wounds. especially .lns" Of tn" abd1-
! mn and chest. but frequently 1t &C.
Cured in mon only slightly wounded
Aud i: was horribly fatal.
Work Shows Results.
Here was Il case: y Spl"ndld young
! man OF IS WAS brought int" an advanced
dressing station with Il foot shot off.
Not q fatal wound ii ordinary c!rcum-
stances. Tut this man who. an hour
; ago. mad been in r'rt"c, h'.;lth, now lay
| white ls marble, cold and almost puls"-
less The wuund"d stump did not even
| bleed. In short tim" h. was dead.
He was shocked to death.
The best physicians i'll tho world have
been work.n;; for nearly fonr years T."
lind out why h.. and others. died Ike
that They wee completely huIil'd Il;
first. but they kept steadily Oh. They
/ worked in crou,lin" trenches SAd "r' II
on the ha:tI"ticlds trying to und' rstand
i wound shock.
They undertook extensive and intcn-
sivc laboratory work 20 discover tn
! blood changes that took place in m"n
suffering from II" strange ma!aG%. III
L great extent their work has hrcn sac
cessful, and the work IS triumphauty
going on.
Must Use Animals.
Tho medical research department .!
| the American Rcd Cross is now c"nd'ci-
! Ing 4 series Of "Np"rimcntS. and !, H!Eh'
! - wolf y" admitted ~ tho "ut$"t That
! thcs" experiments. which ar" t" say
| mems lives III untold numbers. lnr"lN''
destroying some auima! l'f". Fer ihi''
r";isnm tho an;l-Eivts'ction'StS. and ftrt;
! small section OF thr press whi'h sup
ports their views: are at the present
; time hotly asSailinS the research do
partmcut &C tho Red Cross.
Says one statement Of III" opposition
NO expnnS!vrly equipped laboratory Is
needed 10 seek out wounded soldiers on
the hattleiiclds and give them aid and
comfort in tho hospitals: and II VIII
cause deep sorrow among iunum"r1pI''
! contributors Il know that tho T"d Cross
| charter rights sud IS supporting a
cruel and disputed form of medical "X-
| p"rinrNtaton."
Putting asd" for IN" moment al "T-
c"pt Tho first sentence nf This G;at'nl"1'.
;"Nu "xnorsiv"ly equipped laboratory Is
needed to sock on. Wounded soldiers "il
m. hattlcficld& and Civ" them a'd and
comfort in n" i"%r!;als." IA" amSw"r IS
; that without tn" laboratory ~" hos
! pitfalls would lao back in Ia" days when
/ c:un&hot wounds wcr" treated by having
hot oil poured int" t|I'ii. aGd whom the
! only WY of dealing with Shlit"r"'i
limbs WIS nn2uta;inn.
wounds Bloodless.
This war. particularly. has G"r"l"p"d
maladics and wound complications nm
dr"auird If before. Sh"ci; IL not exactly
now. In civilian hospitals I occurs
after "v"rr operation. Hut Tho wound
shock nf THIS war is Now. and IN" rt"C.
tors had ~ study II as Now mani
f,.Station.
Out o: many rascs TAX" tho follow
ing: 4 soldier member IL Il wUrl;:n;
party. laying f"lcph"n" wires che wei
and muddy nirht. was hit hy the OK