Show QUICK AID GIVEN WOUNDED rapid treatment after battle anti and new cleansing methods save lives of many soldiers Sold lera j col gilbert darling 0 D ft a famous english surgeon who Is consulting surgeon burgeon to the great base hospitals nt at llowen which flitch accommodate patients says that since the war began immense strides stride have shave been made in the surgery of the battlefield two improvements that may be noticed as having taken place since the outbreak of hostilities writes a correspondent oi of the now york times fir anre e in connect connection loa with tile lie rapid treatment of the wounded after a big biff battlo battle and the cleansing of wounds five or ten miles behind tho ilia fighting fightlin g sufficient casualty clearing stations each holding about 1000 men have been organized to deal with all tho the casualties that inny reasonably be expected so that once a man Is picked up by tho the stretcher bearers lie he receives adequate treatment within a very short time here also Is a special hospi hospital till perhaps of 50 beds for abdominal cases which are the most urgent in the old tays lays such wounds because of tho the delay before they could bo be treated anil and cleaned were generally considered to be fatal but under the new conditions by which a man so BO lilt hit la 1 placed in an ambulance and sent oft on immediately if necessary without waiting for other wounded to bo be placed in with him tile alia dangerous delay Is li overcome find and the wound kept aseptic and more amenable to treatment |