Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-16
U. S, MEDICAL men SHOW
EXTREME TENDERNESS
American Doctors Win Highest Praise
for Methods Adopted for
Wounded Soldiers.
BEST OF CARE is PROVIDED
Believed Many Were Better Treated
When Injured in Service Than
They Received During Their Civil
Life.
ny CAPTAIN JAMES A. MILLS.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
rl IN Al (by maiD, January o.
war there is. nothing that stands out
iner or noblcr than the tender care
ana earnest solicitude with which the
american surgeons and doctors han
die their soldier patients
The Red Cross man. whose duty
brings him into the dressing stations
line. has unusual opportunities Of OBJ
serving The work OF The American
medical men. His activities bring him
and an ci Gocsd, contact with both patient
war renders man callouscd and dulls
MS finer sensibilities. but this is not
rue +, or the American army surgeon.
more considerate and gentle. This Is
The observation OF men IN the feldr
service Of tho American Red Cross.
surprising to those at home TO be as
surcd that disabled American soldiers
from the time their wounds are dressed
al the advance casualty station to
he time they arrive at the last base
hospital. receive tho most sympathetic
and tender care. Indeed. il may DO
sad sad. INA, they get better care and
son would I'm peace times
To render the soldier free from pain.
10 make him comfort BILE. TO cheer his
spirit the American doctor will ex-
haust every resource. will sacrifice
sieep and food and all personal thought
OF himself The soldiers pain nc feels
In only lesser sense than his own.
II the soldier dies. his own Split sur
Terra keenly. Thousands Of Instances
occur every month where army ply
scians arc so Sympatheticai!y inter
.stcd in their patients keen night
after night vigil over the progress
OF their condition. and themselves rest
only when ordered TO do so By a SUI
perior officer
IN BATTLE ZONE DOCTOR
ALSO TAKES NURSES PLACE
In the actual battle zone the doc
lor mas to act both ar physician and
nurse, Tor no women arc permitted in
me front lines. /, is always impress
sive TO see the gentle. cautious way he
piaces his patients in bed. the inf
me-, mne pains he takes to cause them n,
n,tie SUFFERING as possible when an
plying or removing dressings and how
Kindly and reassuringly he speaks 10
The ambulance drivers and stretcher
bearers, too. all Of whom are trained
ia first aid. are careful and attentive
m hsn 70 ne. patients PAL They spare no
ed in transit from tho from, over
broken French roads suffer no hard
snip or discomfort. often the driver
VIII make long and tedious detour
In order 10 avoid badly ruitei spots or
shell holes In tho road ~ night.
when not even the Kicker OF The faint
est Ign, is permitted. the task Of the
ambulance drivers in going to ana
from the trenches Is particularly
severe and trying one. Everything
ahead Of them is in absolute darkness.
and the peril often IL great
=, In their hazardous work of trans
porting the wounded over shell-swcpt
areas many of these ambulance drivers
and strctchcr bearers have lost their
ives or been severely wounded. Their
work during the present war has been
no less praiseworthy than the devoted
Fervices OF the American doctors. Both
nave brought high credit 10 the medi-
cai and sanitary departments of the
United States Army.