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Show NO POULTICES FOR SOLDIERS. Revolutionary Decision Mad by Army Physicians. Linseed and linseed meal have been dropped from army medicines, and the army physicians have been notified noti-fied that It is the opinion of the surgeon sur-geon general's ofllco that poultices have no place in .modern therapeutics, all the good results obtainable from them being got In a much more cleanly clean-ly way by hot wet compresses. The prohibition of tho time-honored linseed meal, tho best material for poultices, seems to interfere with a method practiced by a large number of physicians, who would bo Inclined to testify that without It our soldiers would not receivo tho best care. There is surely much to bo said on both sides. Tho psychological effect at least of a poultice Is entirely too great for a successful family physician physi-cian to Ignore, and why deprive tho soldier of this old fashioned comfort? -Medical Record. |