The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
CARE OF WOUNDED
G. S. Hospital System in France
a Perfect Machine.
Foremost Surgical Talent of
Country on the Stats.
ONE GAVE UP $500, 1000 A YEAR
Four General HOspitals-One
Containing 10000 Beds.
Sick Ratio Improved 100 Per
Cent Since Training Began.
ONE GAVE UP $500, 1000 A YEAR
BY j. w. PELGER.

With the American Army in France,
Jan. S.-America's wounded in the
days to come viii be better taken care
of than back home.
Complete plans were announced by
the surgeon-general today. Every
possible detail has been worked out.
Some of Americas greatest surgeons
private practice worth a fortune, will
lend their aid.
The surgeon general explained to the
United Press the working of this vast
system from the time stretcher bearers
pick up wounded on No Mans land
until the wounded have passed into
convalescence. Ready to return either
to the trenches or go home.
Those wounded so as to be incapaci-
tated for further military duty will be
sent home upon convalescence.
Series of Hospitals.
Z Divisional and regimental hospitals
will unite to collect wounded. They
will give temporary relief at dressing
stations. From there the men will be
transported to field hospitals.
Later they will be shifted to evacua-
ton hospitals then to base hospitals.
1t is possible the field hospital may
be eliminated owing to rapidity of
motor ambulance transportation.
The evacuation hospitals will be
about ten miles to the rear. There
women nurses are employed in special
expert teams. 1t is expected surgeons
will be assigned to evacuation hos
pitfalls particularly to operate on alb
dominal wounds. from which it is now
estimated one-half recover, if the
operations are prompt and skillfu1.
Priceless Array of Talent
Major j. NJ. T. Finney, a famous
Johns Hopkins surgeon, will be
director of surgery. He has worked
out a plan by which surgical cases
will receive co-ordinated tr satment at
each successive hospital-obviating
any possibility of errors due to the
second surgeon not knowing what has
been done.
A priceless array of Americas fore
most surgical talent has been in
corporated in the new department, in
GLIDING DIR. George w. Grille, of Cleve-
land, Drs. George Brewer, Sam Lloyd
c. l.. Gibson, Charles H. Peck, all OF
New York; DR.. E. N. A. Besley, Chi
cago; Dr. r. H. Marie, of Philadel-
phia; Drs F. A. Washburn and Harvey
Cushing of Boston; DR.. E. d. Clark,
Indianapolis; DIR. Fred T. Murphy, St.
Louis; Dr. R. T. Miller. Pittsburg; DR.
B. r. S. Hurley. Detroit
One of these abandoned practice
of 100000 a year.
The announcements department,
as far as it relates to operations lover
there" is to be divided into classes
orthopedic and head surgery. venereal
general surgery and medicine. X-ray
laboratories and mental diseases.
Reconstruct Faces.
Dr. f. Schweintez, Philadelphia, is
in charge of the branch of bead sur
gerry, which includes the wonderful
work of facial reconstruction.
For purposes of preparation, the
Surgeon-general is anticipating that
one out of every five of Americas sol
diers will be wounded-and will be
gathered thru four base hospital units
from Youngstown, o., Indianapolis
Detroit and Youngstown again.
One of these hospitals will contain
5000 beds; another 10000. Foul
other bases will carry 10000 each an6
a. last seven thousand.
Not Under Red Cross.
The Red Cross will not retain con-
troll of any base hospital-all being
taken under control of the army medi-
cal service. The mercy organization s
function is merely auxiliary, furnish
ing hospital supplies and building up
civilian health in the American zone
Americas fighting forces are only
40 per cent sick
This shows clearly that the first
contingents of American troops by
lIACAA CApOouIe anu longer training IT
the open have now about 100 per cent
increased resistance
Venereal disease is prevalent at the
rate of only four men per thousand
mostly incurred in the United States.
Biggest Drug Order on Record.
The surgeon-general today placed
with British firms the largest single
orug order ever received in England
At the same time he ordered fifteer
or the most modern American hospita
trains with capacity of 375 "lyins
cases" in each. These trains viii
transport American wounded between
evacuation hospitals and base hos
pitfalls
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