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Author: U. S. Association of Military Surgeons Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780483336292 Category : Languages : en Pages : 174
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: January, 1920 The chief function of such a hospital is that of evacuation. Tch hinges on a realization of this. In addition, medical care should be administered to the maximum possible without conflicting with the chief function. Professional care demands a more or less lengthy stay in hospital following operation, and it is an accepted fact that the earlier surgical intervention can be given, thereby diminishing the chances of sepsis, the greater the number of recoveries and the shorter the period of convalescence. But these units must be more or less mobile so that the number of beds available will be limited by transportation facilities. An allowance of a thousand beds will be the maximum possible in the majority of such organizations. Therefore any scheme of operation must be so planned as to hold in hospital after operation only such cases as are absolutely necessary. Here the chief function of evacuation and optimum medical care conflict. And any plan must also prepare for the maximum intake which should not exceed one thousand cases in any twenty-four-hour interval provided the General Staff has had the opportunity_to make provision beforehand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: U. S. Association of Military Surgeons Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781334707742 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 168
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: February, 1920 Chronic constipation is a common complaint in the Army. The failure to prevent it invites attention. In civil life it is impossible to get at the true facts of this common ailment or to control or correct it. In the Army comes the opportunity to get the facts, and to correct and prevent this unphysiological condition. Army men are a selected group, admission to which depends upon the result of a careful physical and medical examination. Every act, fact and feature of the soldier's daily life is controlled and regulated - food, exercise, clothing, work and sleep. Both the men and the conditions are closely supervised every hour of the twenty-four hours of every day. Army regulations deter mine and control every act in the daily life of the soldier, save one. Irregular or missed bowel action not infrequently unbalances the day's work. Retained and accumulated intestinal waste held within the body lowers fitness; it puts a drag upon physical and mental energy. Habitual constipation makes low-powered, substandard men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: U. S. Association of Military Surgeons Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780243333127 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 158
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: June, 1920 The work of the Medical Department of the Navy in the World War has so often been the subject of favorable comment by experts and by others who were brought intimately into a position to observe its activities that it would seem permissible at this time not to undertake to demonstrate that the Department was prepared for war, but rather to review briefly the story of the constant thought which was and must be given in time of peace, in the every day affairs of this branch of the naval service to the possibility of great and sudden emergency. Such a review will serve a useful purpose if it leads to a more general realiza tion of the vast amount of work, much of it requiring years of patient labor and continual training of personnel that 'is necessary if the organ ization of the Medical Department is to withstand without strain and disastrous delay the initial violent efforts to mobilize the Navy for immediate action. The dangers of disease and the likelihood of great loss of life are unavoidable concomitants of a sudden outbreak of war. Early in 1918 a careful investigation of the conduct of the Navy in war was made by a sub-committee of the House Committee on Naval Affairs. The report of that committee reads in part as follows: The first battle of the war, that against disease, was fought and won by the Medical Department of the Navy. After diplomatic relations with Germany were broken in February, 1917, recruits, we find, streamed into the service in increasing numbers, and in April there was grave danger that the overwhelming influx of volunteers would overtax all training stations and receiving ship facilities and bring disaster to the Navy at the very beginning of the war by the introduction and spread of epidemic diseases which unfortunately were widely prevalent throughout the country at that time. In spite of all the difficulties in the way of rapid expansion and the sudden necessity for the training of new medical personnel and hospital corpsmen, the health of the Navy has been even better than in peace times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: U. S. Association of Military Surgeons Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780483336292 Category : Languages : en Pages : 174
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: January, 1920 The chief function of such a hospital is that of evacuation. Tch hinges on a realization of this. In addition, medical care should be administered to the maximum possible without conflicting with the chief function. Professional care demands a more or less lengthy stay in hospital following operation, and it is an accepted fact that the earlier surgical intervention can be given, thereby diminishing the chances of sepsis, the greater the number of recoveries and the shorter the period of convalescence. But these units must be more or less mobile so that the number of beds available will be limited by transportation facilities. An allowance of a thousand beds will be the maximum possible in the majority of such organizations. Therefore any scheme of operation must be so planned as to hold in hospital after operation only such cases as are absolutely necessary. Here the chief function of evacuation and optimum medical care conflict. And any plan must also prepare for the maximum intake which should not exceed one thousand cases in any twenty-four-hour interval provided the General Staff has had the opportunity_to make provision beforehand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: James Robb Church Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666431127 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 144
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: March, 1920 On July 15, 1810, for the first time, Dr. Barton makes extended Remarks, at the end of the day's record, as follows: The dysentery and diarrhea are now and have been for the last ten days the prevailing diseases on board the ship. Most of the patients on the sick list with other diseases are more or less afflicted with these complaints in a slight degree. Neither of these diseases, however, are of a very violent nature. This constitutes the only clinical observation of any moment which I could discover in a review of the seventeen months' record con tained in these reports. It is also quite remarkable how seldom mention is made of the transfer of patients to hospital. However, considering the character of the so - called hospitals then available, it is perhaps not surprising that he preferred to retain the sick aboard ship. Later in his career he urged improvement of naval hospitals with characteristic vigor, and a critical reference in his book on Marine Hospitals, published in 1814, with respect to the hospital at the Navy Yard, Phil adelphia, was the basis of charges, made by a brother medical officer, which resulted in the court-martial of Barton. The court. However, perhaps realizing the justice of his criticism, ruled that the specification covering the alleged offense need not be answered or refuted, and thus virtually exonerated Barton of this specification of the charge. Some of the entries in the Sick Reports are very obscure in their clinical and pathological significance. For instance, while there can be little question regarding the nature of the disease entered as typhus, which caused the death of Wm. Rysela on July 6, 1809, since Barton has added sick two months, what did James Williams lst really succumb to on August 17, 1809, under the designation nervous fever, when on the previous day he first appears as very ill, typhus? Barton mentions in his work on Hospitals that he checked several cases of sea-scurvy on the United States by the liberal administration of lime juice. He had much to say later, after his cruise abroad in the Essex, of its virtues as an anti-scorbutic, and urged its adoption by our Navy, in an official report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Association of Military Surgeons States Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781528577083 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 728
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46 The chief function of such a hospital is that of evacuation. Much hinges on a realization of this. In addition, medical care should be administered to the maximum possible without conflicting with the chief function. Professional care demands a more or less lengthy stay in hospital following operation, and it is an accepted fact that the earlier surgical intervention can be given, thereby diminishing the chances of sepsis, the greater the number of recoveries and the shorter the period of convalescence. But these units must be more or less mobile so that the number of beds available w ill be limited by transportation facilities. An allow ance of a thousand beds will be the maximum possible m the majority of such organizations. Therefore any scheme of operation must be so planned as to hold in hospital after operation only such cases as are absolutely necessary. Here the chief function of evacuation and optimum medical care conflict. And any plan must also prepare for the maximum intake which should not exceed one thousand cases in any twenty-four-hour interval provided the General Stafl has had the opportunity to make provision beforeh and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: James Robb Church Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780243318773 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 168
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Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, Vol. 46: May, 1920 When junior members of the special divisions began to arrive and were assigned to combatant divisions, the complications increased. They were not recognized in the Tables of Organization, and the details of arranging for billets, messes and transportation were therefore difficult. The towns in which headquarters of divisions were located were usually small and crowded. The general, his personal aides, and the general staff sections were billeted together and had one mess. The heads of the departments, including the division surgeon and sometimes the sanitary inspector, had another mess; there were one or more junior messes. Usually there were not enough medical officers to form a mess, nor was it considered good policy to separate the division surgeon from his col leagues in the other departments. So it came about that the specialists found themselves either assigned for billet and mess to hospitals over which the division surgeon had control, or at division headquarters in a mess consisting of transients and officers of junior rank. Assignment to hospitals separated them from the division surgeon, because medical organizations were not usually in the same town as headquarters, and it placed the consultants in an isolated position where they could not best perform their functions, which were divisional in their application. These complications now seem trifling, but they led to the disturbed feelings which impaired the usefulness of the junior consultants. Division surgeons were usually of the Regular Army and trained along the lines of military administrative control. The specialist presented a new problem, and one of which the division surgeon had not been sufficiently informed. One can readily understand his problem by considering the arrival of two officers, one reporting as a medical officer and the other with orders for assignment as division urologist or orthopedist or psychiatrist. The first was assigned to a battalion or a field hospital by the usual orders. His place was fixed by the Tables of Organization and was understood by all. He expected no special transportation and joined his organization for any duty assigned him and found his recognized place in billet and mess. The other probably arrived in an automobile loaned him by the Red Cross or by his special division. Perhaps he had a letter of introduction to the division surgeon. At least he bore papers showing that he represented a special service and was to be a part of the office of the division surgeon. The division surgeon, being loyal, greatly desired to carry out the policy implied in this officer's arrival. He had the choice between taking him into his own overcrowded office, forcing him into a mess where he was not wanted because of inadequate facilities, and because he did not hold one of the positions which entitled him to membership, urging a harassed billeting officer to make room for him in a jammed headquarters town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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