Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 5 | Reclining in Bath Tubs, Wounded See Movies

RECLINING IN BATH i TUBS, WOUNDED SEE1VIES jOne Man Spends Eleven j Week in Tank of i Water. Qy Assoclsted Press' LONlJON, Dec. 18 A movlne; picture pic-ture audience In bathtubs thmufh I which warm water flows Is the enter-i enter-i tainment oddity provided In film j ehows hv the American V. Sf. C A. at ' J the hoapiMI under the shadow of 'King's rnlleaje. Camlirldtte. where wourided men from France are treated, 'in one ward certain of the patirata who have had very aerious s-i'tlc wounds ar having- the water treatment. treat-ment. To look nl these men you might think thev were lying comfortably In ImnI. pn.pped up with pillows. They are really sitting In bathtubs In water to their waists. A constant stream of water with a temperature of 9S la kept runnlnr through the tub. purifying purify-ing and rlennslnr the wounds, which huve no othr dressing. A kind of magnified laptKard covers the top of the tub. nnd is In turn covered by a ! long, bright patch aullt. And there I Hi men ill mi air sushlaas, Imiiiiii against air pillows, day and night. 1 sometimes for weeks at a time. Oaly the most serious cases are put Into these baths, men who otherwise have little chance of recovery, and nona without the amputation of a limb. But never yet haa a case ao treated bean lull . 'It s beastly uncomfortable tl)e first week." said jhe record caae of the ward, a llrltlsh Tommy who waa for levrn weeks In the bath. "Tour 1-gs ache and you have the water rash. Hut in a week, at most, you get over that and then it Is mora comfortable than being In bed. In fact, after they put you back In bed you can't aleep for awhile, f s so hard." Tha Jrhierlcan Y. M. C. A. haa been sending these men "movies' twice a week. A screen haa been arranged at one end of the hut and there all the screen favorites play their parta while the men alt comfortably In their warm tuba. And when the ahow la over all they have to do la to turn out the lights and go to aleep.