The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-16
AMERICANS AT WORK
PALESTINE.
How the Zionist Medical Unit Is
Clothing the Naked and Healing the

Clothing the Naked and Healing the
Sick.
Better than the cold. formal words
of an official report are the dcScrip-
| tions OF the work being done in Pales-
tine by the American Zionist medical
unit contained in two letters that have
just arrived here from Jerusalem
One letter. dated Oct 20. is from
the Jerusalem correspondent of the
Jewish Morning Journal. He writes
to his paper:
'Thn Hadassah medical unit is very
actively engaged in giving medical aid
to the city. The sight Of these Jew.
ish physicians of HadnsSah. in their
military uniforms motoring about has
become very familiar. not only in the
city brt in the various nearby villages.
They respond promptly to every call
for professional aid. and if the pa
tient is poor they not only prescribe
free medicines. but supply of milk
and money too. This work is of ex-
trcme importance, as there is much
illness in the city.
"Tha unit has decided to open in
Jerusalem n school for Jewish nurses.
| with accommodations for thirty stu
| dents.
"Mr. Lewis Epstein has been n great
stimulus to the unit in Jerusalem. but
It is just as active in Jaffa. where it
has opened several clinics and relief
stations. The distribution of the gar
mentS that came with the unit is be-
ing organized. and is of tremendous
importance, especially for the refugees
who are now returning from Galilee
with hardly a stitch TO their backs
and barefoot Winter is approaching
| and these poor. naked. starved ref
usees would shave been in great peril
were it not for this providential sup
ply of garments by Hadrssah.
"Hadassah is planning bath house
for the refugees. 1t will be located
near the clothing-supply station. and
each refugee will undergo a thorough
disinfcction before receiving new
garments
The other letter is from +. w.
unit. and dated Oct. 30. He writes:
"Since entire Palestine and Syria
have been captured our brethren, who
have been expelled by the Turks. are
beginning to return. 1t is pleasure
to witness their return to their nests:
they come in the thousands. but it is
terrible to see how the majority of
them look Many return without gar
mcnts with which to cover their
bodies. 20
"Owing to the many diseases pre-
valent it was essential that we estah-
lish home in Jaffa-which we did.
There they are brought cleaned and
disinfcCted. Their clothes are burned
and these poor refugees are furnished
with clothing. which was brought with
us from the United States.
Many are sick. and we have there
fore established temporary hospital.
There they are, being cared for until
they are able TO leave the house.
Our santa rians are inspecting all
wells. houses. stores. butcher stores,
etc. They clean everything and there
by avoid diseases. The government
helps us a great deal, hut leaves most
of the responsibility TO u.s."
Ernest Freund. professor of juris.
prudence and public law at the Uni
Ncrsity of Chicago, was awarded the
Amcs prize by the faculty of the Har
ward Law School for his book on
STANDARD of American Legislation"
The Amcs prize, named after a for
mer dean of the law school, was es-
| tablished in 1898 by Judge Julian w
Mack of Chicago. II consists of n
| bronze medal and a sum not less than
| SiOO and is given every four years to
| the writer of the most meritorious law
book or legal essay written in Eng
| lish.