The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-13

RUSSIA SEEKS AMERICAN AID
 FOR CRIPPLES

KHARKOV, Russia July 13.-There is an eminent surgeon in this city one of the worlds famed orthepoedists who is eagerly awaiting permission and financial assistance from the So- viet government to enable him to make a rapid trip to the United States and return. He desires to obtain models of the latest American inven- tions of artificial arms and legs and bring them back to Russia for use among the innumerable war cripples of this country. He is Dr. TreguboW.
 "In no place in the world is there such great demand for arms and legs as in South Russia" said Dr. Tregu- bow today "The need here is colos- sal" he declared, with emphasis "The wars, both external and internal have left a vast army of men in Russia who cannot make their way because their arms and legs have been shot off, leaving them helpless. They sit at home, or in hospitals, many starV- ing and dying because they do not have the artificial replacement for their natural members. We have a factory to manufacture these here Tn Kharkov, if only we can get the models and some of the necessary materials in America
 DISEASE IS RAMPANT. Dr Tregubow stated that the war Russia. Infectious diseases, especial Russia. Infectious diseases, especial ly typhus, affect the bones of the body and frequently cause them to become diseased and decayed. Be- cause of the exceptionally high ty- phus epidemic during the last few years the number of persons with de- structive diseases of the bones has increased, thus augmenting Russia's need for artificial arms and legs.
 The United States is familiar to Dr. Tregubow. He has been there several tmes and is well acquainted with many of Americas best known specialists in orthopoedic surgery Among the latter whom he expects | to see on his prospective visit to | America are Dr. Gibney, Of Ne" York City, and pr. Lovett of Boston
 Dr. Tregubow is a graduate of a Russian university and took post graduate courses under Dr. Hoffe, of Berlin and Dr. Lorenz of Vienna. He is now professor of orthopoedics in tho medical institute of the Univer- sity at Kharhov.
 AIDS RELIEF WORK.
 He has gwen much assistance to George P Harrington, of Boston, dis trict supervisor of the American re- lief administration at Kharkov, and Dr. Frank Lyman of Duluth, super visor of medical relief for the dis | trict The A. R. A. has been deliver ing food packages in Kharkov since January r, and the daily total now numbers 200.
 Orders have been issued from the American relief administration head quarters to organize kitchens to feed 3O,OOO children in this district. One of the first that will be organized will be kitchen to feed the refugee children who lie around on the sta ton platforms, or crawl among the freight trains looking for any mite of food Many of them are nearly | dead when they reach here after their flight from the famine village of the Ukraine and Crimea, and they die within few hours or days. It is said that five dead bodies are car ried out of this station every day. Most any hour that one walks through the station or railway yards one sees a strecher being carried by sanitary corps attendants.
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