Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-08-23
$4,000 TREATED
AT Fl. MCHENRY
Hospital Attains Greatest Record
In Country. Effects The Most
Cures.

More than $4,000 wounded soldiers.
returned from overseas service, have
been treated ut the govcnmen, hos
pi,al at Fort Mclicnry. This number
comprise, a fifth Of the entire number
of soldier from the American ENpc-
dictionary Forces, who were injured
while fighting for world freedom
against the Hun.
In making public these figure, for
the first time Col. Joseph VI. Heller,
government Inspector Of the hospital.
declared more soldiers had received
treatment in the Fort McHcnry Hos
pital than at any place in the coun-
try. Also. and what was more to the
point 4 greater number had been
cured in It's wards than elsewhere
This proud record of achievement.
which placed the local hospital head
ana shoulders above any other gov
eminent institute of the kind. Colonel
Heller said was due To the unusual
strength of its personnel. No stronger
staff of physicians and surgeons had
ever been collected than the stall
which had labored long months in the
effort to restore strength and life To
Americas heroes who had fallen with
tNcr faces toward the foe h. asserted.
The devotion shown by the nurses and
enlisted personnel. no less than the
skill and intelligence Of the medical
and surgical stall. was responsible for
many thousands of soldiers now en-
joyng not only life itself. but also
freedom of motion of limb ana body.
\ fact which ha, been conceded
many times already wa> again en-
phasized by Col Hcllcr-n several
vital departments Of surgery tn" Fort
Mclienry staff has successfully per
formed operations which have literally
startled the surgical world. A. a re-
suit of their cndcavorS new depart
ment, of surgery. which Will have a
pronounced influence upon the entire
human race for all time. have been
created. The spot which saw the birth
of the national anthem. he said has
also witnessed the creation of new
fields of science. which are destined
to prove of far greater Importance to
the future lives Of America than any
national anthem ever written. And
the names Of many men. Baltimorcan-
among them who had led the van
guard Of this fresh invasion of hther-
to unknown fields of surgical science,
will live in history with the greatest
of those who in times past had bIazed
the way for others to follow.
Especially in the realm Of me-
chanical devices, including electricity.
heat and steam, which tend to lessen
and make piablc stiff Joint, and torn
leaders has the local hospital advanc-
ed. More than too men are daily re-
ccving treatment in this department,
in which - different, and for the most
part new. devices are employed
All the world knows. declares Col.
Heller. that at Fort McIienry the
facial reconstruction science has at
tanned il, acme of perfection. In this
most important Of fields, the scientists
of America and of the world have
been forced to copy what was first
thought out and actually performed
in the wards of the McHcnry hospital.
In N-ray work, important advances
have been achieved More than $4,000
plates have been taken. and filed for
references.
Because of the unusual facilities
and success which has attended the
work % the local government hospi-
tai. Colonel Heller thought there was
no doubt il would become a perma
men; government plant Already il is
the largest in the country. more than
$500 beds being in use at present.
Before the wards will b. cmpticd Of
their present occupants. in many in
stances two years will clapSe