New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Bullets Wlliz
As U.S.,W omen
Nurse the I'LL
Tales OF Heroism Under Fire
Come From Asia Minor,
Where American Relief
Aids light Suffering
Patients Lying ON Floor
Small Hospital With Feni-
nine Staff Crow d d
hy Victims of Hunger


While their hospital at Ismid, on the
Sea of Marn1ora, is daily threatened
v;,h destruction from fire and the
sullets of the Greeks and Turks whiz
sverhead. staff of American women
doctors and nurses pursue their way
rnecneernedly, caring for the sick and
sursQring starving children. A report
has lust been received by DIR. Esther
rovejoy, chairman of the American
womens Hospitals, from DR.. Mabel E.
Elicit, who is director of the CO.
lucrative work of the American
Women's Hospitals and the Near East
Relief Committee at Ismid. 1t con-
tains tabulated reports for the months
Of January and February of this year
showing that ALI cases swere handled
Al the hospital in Ismud and the
clinics st Derendji and Bardasac in
that period.
Conditions at Ismid were shocking
when DR.. Elliott took charge of the
hospital at the beginning of the year,
according TO DIR. Lovejoy. Large num-
bers Of children were dying from de-
privation and exposure in the refugee
camps, Typhus, tuberculosis, small
pox and traecoma were prevalent.
There were many cases of meningitis
and the activities of the Kemelist SOL
diers necessitated military surgery.
The situation is gradually improving,
oithnunh -nlfaf yuOrr i III,
hampered by the activities of the belli-
gerent factions.
City of Ancient History
Ismid is the old Necomedia of Byzan-
tine days. 1t was the capital and me-
tropolis for many centuries. 1t is here
that American women are fighting
against sickness and famine.
4 wonder if people in America real
ize what the magic words, American
Women's Hospitals mean to the people
out here" writes DR.. Elliott from head
quarters. We had patients lying
about everywhere on the floor all last
month and it looks as though we are
going to have 10 do the same. thing this
month. We have been running about
forty typhus and forty pneumonias for
GONE weeks
eNAdt@g u t4AS CDI4QEGn Qle WIr0ln a
few hours after their arrival, but usual
ly If we can get them over the strain of
their first two or three meals, they
gradually begin to take a little interest
in life.
"All these children need months and
months of proper care, and we can't
keep them long in the hospital, for
there are always others to take their
places"
DR.. Elliott was first sent out to Ar
menla by the American Women's Hos
pltals in February, 1919. She had
charge OF the hospital and medical
work at Marash during the Turkish
siege of that city.
Hear Guns Boom All Day
In s.letter just received bv DIR. I,eve-
JOY whose office rs at 637 Madison Ave-
nue., DR.. Elliott writes; III
The Kemalists surrounded Bardezap
yesterday. We heard the big guns
booming all day. 1t was sight to see
the fires burning last night. We count
ed seven villages burning all about
z bardezag, and for three days now the
refugees from these villages have been
pouring in. AT least two thousand new
refugees are here now.
went TO bed last night wondering
what should do if fires were started in
lsmid How can l get my patients out
Of the hospital? To-day | learn that
the Greeks discovered a plan for the
starting of fires in six places, one very
near the hospital"
In another letter received by DR..
L1oveJoy there is a lively description Of
sne dolngs of the Turks and the Greeks.
We can distinctly see the Turks di-
rIectiy back of our buildings nearly to
The top of the hill," the writer SAYS.
fney pass along q certain route, some
leading horses, some mounted. Under
nfe they climb down quickly. It has
peen wild day, with bullets flying
through the yard, the Greeks firing
rom behind the wall directly in front
OF the boys building"
During the year 1920 DR.. Elsie r,
alteheE and DR.. Clara Williams were
1nanced by the American Women's
hospitals with the help of the Won
Sh an .Chrlstian Temperance Union. DR..
0Gtaays Carr, of Brookline, Mass; DR..
SI.sroAne Rosenberg. DIR. Mabel E. Ell
1I9It p Of Benton Harbor, Mich; Dr.
Elsie Graft and DIR. Ruth Parmelee
IS to1 -, NeN 4oIh Al IhS early part
ot 1919. The last two are still in serv-
ice ice with the Near East Relief Commit
zee DR.. Emily Clark Macleod is an
Isaer physician who has distinguished
reFself ne IN the service of the American
Women's Hospitals.
), SUBSCRIPTIONS for the work in the
near East should be- sent to DR.. Sue
nnadenff treasurer, American Women's
hospitals Headquarters, 637 Madison