The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-27
ENTENTE SURGEONS
PERFORM MARVELS
IN HUMAN REPAIR
Whole Divisions of Men Who IN
Other Wars Would Have Died
of Wounds or Been Crippled for
Life Are Returned to Front.
~ assoe,ArEo paras

French Front MAJ 3i.-(Corrc-
spondencc 81 the Associated Press.)-
Marvels are being performed by the
surgeons attached to the various en-
tente armies. nv exercising their
skill thcv have restored 60 the fight
ing strength OF the allied nations each
year since the beginning OF the war,
whole divisions of men who in other
wars would have died of their wounds
or would have been crippled for life.
The recent gigantic battles, as the
result OF which more wounded mon
than evcr before have received surgi-
cal treatment within a short space OF
time. have demonstrated the immense
strides made not only In surgery but
I'm the methods Of removing the
wounded from the battle fields and
Transporting them 20 hospitals. So
effective rs the cooperation between
and physicians at the front
and those az the hospitals In the rear
that mn immensely larger proportion
Of the wounded recover han was the
case at the beginning OF the war.
Men whose legs. or arms have been
fractured 10y shells now are restored
TO their regiments In a minimum ~
time. This is due mostly 10 the fact
that they receive prompt antiseptic
treatment and surgical attention
which prevents Dlood-poisoning and
the s%tlffenlng Of articulation. Their
recovery IL rapid In the hospitals be
hind the lines where they can be
treated undOr comfortable conditions
far from tho neTve-wraCking sound OF
n guns.
Soldiers have beer inspired witt
confidence In the army IN
the great battle around Vcrdun and
in the great German offensive which
began I'm March.
promptness IN the treatment oi
wounded men has been obtained 10y
aegregating them In classes accordinl
to the nature uC their wounds. Thu
was not generally done at the begin
ming Of the war, The plan then u
vogue was 70 erect large hospitals "a
near the fighting lines las possible
say ten or twelve miles from the from
and 10 send al cases there FOR treat
ment. when big battles occurrc,
these hospitals were ovcrcrowded
and. owing TO the delay I'm operating
there were many cases OF EHngrone
tetanus and other infections that re
suited fatally
The enemy aid not hesitate 20 bonn
bard the hospitals either with the ar
tillcry or from airplanos. Sometime
"a train load Of wounded men woul,
arrive only to find all the bed oc
cupied and hat they must move vi
to another hospital.
Most Of this difficulty now has bee
overcome. When wounded men reacl
the firs, dressing station or field am
bulance they are divided into cate
gories. Those slightly wounded ar
rapidly dressed and sent 10 Gonzales
oeRt hospitals. Those crippled ar
sent 10 cripple depots, Men who hav
been gRssed go to special hospital
and those most dangerously wound
ed are transferred TO hospitals ncarh
to remain until they recover or dis
Those suffering from severe but nc
dangerous WOUNDS receive prom
treatment in the advanced ambulance
where operations are performed an
wounds disinfected before the me
are rent TO permanent hospitals.
BY these divisions of the wouudc
into classes, II is asserted that grea
rapidity % surgical Intervention
achieved az zach specialist deals onl
With cases needing his kind OF skill
Then the patient N removed TO TIA
hospital NJ q distance OF not NOR
than n Journey of ten or twelve hour
where ne receives attention from an
other specialist working in close GO
operation with his colleague in a.
advanced ambulance.
This Gystem uf Segregation d
wounded and cooperation 81 doctor
is said 90 have produced mRrvelou
results