THE WOUNDED FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2308, 16 November 1914, Page 6

THE WOUNDED FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS

TWO PICTURES (Rec. November 15, 3.3A0 p.m.) London, November 14. The "Times's" medical correspondent at Paris states that the arrangements for the British wounded are now admirable. Excellent hospital trains,' with kitchens and opeating rooms, bring the wounded to Boulogne.. Sir Almroth Wright (the eminent bacteriologist and author in ■ medical subjects), has established a bacteriological laboratory fit Boulogne. Re searches have already shown that gangrene septic (poisoning) conditions are due to a micro-organism which only flourishes when removed from the open' air. Surgeons f.re now keeping all the wounded m the open to allow the air'to reach them, and they heal excellently. Amsterdam, November 14. The "Telegraaf" quotes Professor Ezerny's article in the British "Medical Journal" showing the : horrors.of trans- [ porting the German wounded. Half the wounds are due to shrapnel, and bits of dirty uniform; are driven into the flesh. Sometimes they lie for days in the trenches .half-full of water.; then they are packed in dirty trucks, previously used for horses, forage, and ammunition, unprotected from the cold, and make a train journey- of from four to six days. Meantime the wounds are undressed, they have littletfood in most oases, no doctors or orderlies, or properly equipped hospital .trains. .There are,' further, insufficient tents for the German wounded.