Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-23
Some 5000 Soldiers Admitted
to Hospital at 0teen, N. c..
in q Months.
DISEASE ARRESTED IN 1000
ouiescent in 1000 Cases, 600 Under
Treatment, While 800 Have Died
Most Efficient Modern Meth
DDS Employed.

Washington. the vast enter
Drises which have engaged the atten-
ton of our government during the last
few years the physical reconstruction
of our soldiers who saw service
abroad ranks among the first. And
among those who needed the closest
care and attention were service men
who fell prey to tuberculosis.
These victims of the dreaded white
plague have been treated by the most
efficient modern methods in the great
army hospitals which arose as If by
magic in different parts of the country
The work has been carried on unosten-
fatiously, and but little knowledge OF
II has come TO the attention of the
public
The physical health of the men
taken into the service had to be gen.
orally excellent, as is quite well I'M
derstood, otherwise the medical ex-
aminers would be obliged to reject
volunteer or draftee.
Notwithstanding all the care taken
70 select none but sound men the in
fiuenza epidemic resulted in the de-
Veiopment of tuberculosis In great
many of our soldiers, as the secondary
Yesult of this acute infection.
In addition. many soldiers who had
been gassed readily became victims of
the disease. Moreover. the constant
damp and rainy weather in France
would often result I'm the development
of pneumonia. another ready factor in
Rctivating tuberculosis,
While few men got into the army
who already had small tubercular
LESSONS, these were so slight as to be
passed or overlooked Ivy the examin-
ers However. when such men were
unduly exposed and subjected to the
severe physical work incident to army
service, a break in the normal state
of health resulted
1t was from these sources. there
fore, that the great majority of the
tubercular patients in the army were
recruited Indeed, many thousands OF
soldiers required treatment.
Provision for their care was made
at otlsville, N. Y; Denver. Colo. +: Fort
Bayard, N. NJ. and Oteen. n. c.. be-
sides several smaller posts that have
since been abandoned entirely or
turned over to the department of pub
Tic health.
Two Main Hospitals.
The main army hospitals for the
treatment of tuberculosis at present
are Mt Denver and Oteen. United
States General Hospital No. 10 Is the
one Mt Oteen, which is near Asheville.
1t has established a splendid record
and viii serve best as an example IN
giving brief outline of the treatment
nf tuberculosis as it IS carried OFT in
the army
No. 10 is q hospital conducted ON a
truly gigantic scale. 1t is a town In
itself consisting of more than one hun.
bred buildings which cover $40 acres
Of land. The money outlay was So.
100000. No. 10 has its own water sun
ply and sewerage system. The grounds
at night are lighted by electricity. and
are intersected by cement and macad
amized roads. There are two centra
heating plants for the hospital
The buildings are OF wood auC
painted. The unit ward system wa
used il, construction, which permit
the very sick 20 be quartered ava,
from those only slightly afflicted, an,
also permits OF more individual car
where there are only few patients Il
each building.
More than 1,400 beds were avail