Show EGAN NOW HAS HIS INNING t Prosecution Closes in fn 5 Fort F rr Doug Douglas las t 4 I MAJOR MOSELY ON STAND D S CHIEF CF SURGEON TESTIFIES TS S SAGAST AGAINST POST DOCTOR DOCO Evidence iden against Major far Egan In the in progress at Fort For Doug Doub Douglas Doublas las was completed yesterday The Te first firt witness to be called cJe In behalf behalf of o the th accused surgeon s was then heard hea in an ap 8 effort efort to refute the charges of neglect and inattention to sick soldiers rs relt 1 concerning him From now on to t the termination of the Inquiry it will U be pc Major Egans turn Efforts Efort will wl be made to purge him of the charge and it itis I is generally believed that the proceed proceedings proe ings ing will wf drag along until Wednesday Major Edward B Moseley Mosley chief sut su SUl geon of o the department of the Colo Cob Colorado Colorado rado with headquarters at Denver was the first witness wIne heard yesterday and the last to be called cled by the judge advocate in behalf behal of the prosecution The Th major told of being sent to Fort Douglas last month to Investigate the conditions complained of by Major Maor Young and his subordinate officers He did not spare the post pt surgeons feel feelings feelings feelings ings in the slightest in detailing his hi experiences In qualifying to testify as an expert It developed that Major Moseley has been an army ary surgeon surgen years ear and has recently r enty returned from the Philippines where he has bas been in charge of hospitals l What Wat Itch Is The major first frt defined Itch ith of which so much has been heard herd dur during durIng during ing the proceedings as almost any anything anything thing thin in the way of a skin ski disease Thia was borne brne out by b oth others others ers erg and the information came cm out that the term is of Hindu origin and means mens in the tongue of India an ailment contracted through con contact cn contact tact with wih the clothes cothes of another wash disease The major declared that he had ex ox examined e a number of soldiers both in inthe inthe Inthe the hospital and outside and anI described the tE ailments from which which they suffered suf red He affirmed that itch Ich victims suffering severe attacks should be put to bed and dieted in order to effect ef t a cure euto that they thy should not be b required re to todo todo todo do duty that a man in the condition of Private Crawford Holland Holand a witness winess heard Friday should be in Sn bed rather than compelled to perform duty that the operation he underwent was not the proper thing and that nUlt it I was the duty of a surgeon Bureon under the circum circumstances stances to ri rt r leve the sufferer froth from duty dut take him Into the hospital give him bim local ocl treatment and an perform p tte t desired e operation in n such a away way as ta t get him into condition to do his full fuU duty dt Witness Grows Caustic r rUnder Under Und r the h major r grew rather caustic The defense pre presented presented a question Implying that his hl experience with itch ich was wu gen general generl general eral erl rather than specific he be h had been associated with wih the manage management management management ment of loge hospitals instead of practicing Oh I 1 dont know as any my observation has been particularly superficial lal r I torte the medical mel l officer The witness winess volunteered the explanation tion that Egan was not accused of oi maltreating patients patient after they had succeeded in gaining admission to the th hospital hence he had paid little at attention t tenton to those inside that tat institution while conducting his Investigation en enMen Men who nho had been denied admission several times were found by hits him h in a condition that he be maintained Justified admitting them May not the diagnosis made by byL Major Egan in these the eases cases e have been ben L correct from his medical standpoint the witness winess was vas asked aske I dont know what his diagnosis was as I have not seen his books book I dont know what his medical stand standpoint standpoint point is either In my opinion he he as asa asa i a a with the rank lank of major majr In Inthe inthe inthe the regular army should have an un unusually unusually usually high standard that would af at afford afford ford the best possible treatment to hi C patients patents Did Not Report EJan Egan Did vou you have cause caus to report that thai the mode of medical treatment adopted by Major Egan was 8 not nt correct I 1 made no report of his mode node of I treatment I did report on the sub subject subJect of his not treating patients at all aU Frequent clearing of the court curt due to arguments in executive session son took tk up so much time that only one other ether witness winess was heard beard herd Dr James Jame H Hepburn a contract doctor stationed at the post pst who de described descrIbed scribed skin diseases s as his hi bl specialty 1 and qualified as a an expert by detailing several years of army ary service at home Mome and in the Philippines appeared as Major Egans first witness wine The tenor of ot his statement to hi was wa justify sending Itch patients patent to perform duty In sup support support port tort of o this he be cited men in the same sam condition who had been ben kept on duty in the Philippines Men Ien performed duty there while badly wounded too t they t de demanded Judge Advocate Yes That was ws a necessity of the te situa situation thou tion ton it I Not necessarily Protests Over Question You treated these the same se kind o ot 01 cases in your practice as a a civilian In civilian practice when a patients body was re covered with wih open sores and eruptions and he lie complained of bodily b pain did you suggest him to go about his daily daly work with wih the sores sore sticking to his clothing and nothing but bat an oc occasional c wash to him r This brought protests and objections from Captain Cronkhite counsel colel for tor forthe forthe the accused After argument argument the wit witness wi witness ness was ordered to answer For open sores I would apply a pro protective protective I dressing dresing Some can stand more than others and will wU do duty while I suffering considerable pain pin Others give up to the slightest Injury At this point adjournment wag W taken I up to 10 o lock tomorrow morning |