HEALTH OP AN ARMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2376, 4 February 1915, Page 7

HEALTH OP AN ARMY

THE GERMAN SYSTEM. A copy of the "Hospital" published in London makes the following intereating announcement respecting i the health of the German armies:— "Authentic news from Germany regarding the health of the armies, and the precautions taken, to prevent epidemics, is scarce in this country, but the official organ of the American Medical Association continues to receive from its Berlin correspondent information on these matters. In a letter dated September 5, which appears in the, issue of our contemporary, which reached London recently, it is stated that up to then the health of the troops had been good, aud that no epidemics had arisen. _ "To be sure, 1, continues the letter, "a part of our troops are in a hostile country, which has not enjoyed the same hygienic advantages as our home country, aud whose inhabitants are many of-them carriers of the germs of infection; but- the extensive foresight of the German military organisation is effective against even these obstaclos. Vaccination has been strictly enforced, and, if necessary, will be carried out among the hostile inhabitants. Apparatus for examinations for typhoid, cholera, and dysentery, and vaccination material are carried with the army. . . . The wounds received in the regular course of war show a good tendency towards healing. The Germans' first treatment, especially tho German firstaid bandages, are showing good results. Iho bandages applied at the front remained in good position during the transportation to the rear. "The army is accompanied by consulting hygicnists from the ranks of the best university instructors, and by a whole staff of bacteriologically trained army surgeons. The base hospitals have, portable bacteriological laboratories."