The Surgeon in War.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7974, 10 November 1905, Page 4

The Surgeon in War.

• I AI'ANKSK MKTHOI'S. c.-li. |-.»I Suit;. ~!S Sil/iiki. 11l Ih.'Jm-!-'*n ii n;l\\. in an a.i.hvse I (-■ ! hi- c.ni\fin jfiti ~i i„i]iim-v sin-. f," "Mh.. I nir.-ii Slatrs. ~i It,- . 'rir;. I s. \ ; i.cinH.v ma.li- what vlljl was <li. !:.i. .1 Miiiiral I ">r .1. s. Hi.,,-. ~f ill.-, I Static u.ny. >ii lii> i|i,. most valuable run!nl.m inn of iiiiklith linifs (,i naval surgery. "Much «.| Miu- smvess in the treat Ulr M ul \v«»i!lr Is."; said he. Suzuki. "■I ust-ribo to Ihe fact th.it rv•r\ itt I ordered e,:rh inci:iJ "' r t o! * r«-vv 11 l»ath.« ami pul on juriii'tly ci«an i.nderch .! iiimr. fn a it mix c<<s< s ui shot wounds n s clodiiny aiv rarritd in- .«» fiv' h«,dv. an ! our insistence on chan unrj.-i-. iuihiirg prevented man* •<as;> oi blcK.ti poisoning- amonj; tii, v.tMjj..: : "Our 4-\|V ii. no- (hiring the wai i hj«» i the ennrjr.ir oi' a warship is a must d.injvrotis siiua o"ii. ira»:i,.'nis oi shells pen. i t at inu il».. slits i,, tii- inu.f .mad, - to mnr.sii 11:-- a lani;.' ui v,si<.u doing urval dan.aye , K.»alis r .v >t his iact. Admiral Tu-n. i r ih.» ua\ a! engagements. din-cled his

fleet from Hie compass of Mikasa 'ivithoiil receiving thv slightest wound. "'lhe vision o( the men who lire the guns on a , warship must necessarily lie of Ihe very best if their shots arr toeounl. lleforc every engagement the surgeons in the .Japanese fleets examined carefully tin. e.ws of all Ihe gunners. Any of hem found Willi slight -impairments of vision wen- ireatt-cl. and if the

iiipairin.-iil Mils 100 grave to ycihl o inline,liate In-nlnient they were Irnnsl'erresl to nnol'her station tmtl their places lilted |>y men whose eyes wi-re perfect.'' 1