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BuUdln Beitdlnf BeitdlnfWasbington BailaintTasbnt & , 'asblocton asblocton Wasbington " ' ( ( : D , D CA C CA A young reserv reserve officer friend olmine of ofmine o omine I IA mine came up to say ay good goodby by to mta me mt mea m ( a year and a halt half ago He flattered flatteredme flatteredme natteredme ' me by asking for my advice before beforebe befortb be went Into active service serviceI I knew he wanted to see action.He actionHe action . . . He had refined refused a desk job In Washington Wash WashIngton Washington Ington I knew he wanted to do the thejob thejob th thjob < job and get home to his hl wife andbabies and andbabies andbablei andbableiSo babies babiesSo So I said . ' Hope Hop * for a . light Ught wound woundand woundand woundand and you 11 n fl hope tor for the beat best . " Ot Of course , nobody would try tI ' ) " to totlow tollow fol tot follow low such advice but my friend lot got lotthe gotthe gotthe the wound ( and a medal for bravery braverytoo braverytoo bravertoo ? too ) and now he he's hes ' . back In civvies civviesapln civviesagain clwlesagain clwlesagainHe againHe apln again He doesn't doesnt dCe.n't dCe.nt dCent dQesn't dQesnt ? . ' Uke like Uk what the Jap bullet bulletdid bulletdid did Id to 0 & bis bls his lef lei leg tor for { or h he'U heU he'll hell 'U U ' pI play " no moreternli more moreteJmls moretennis teJmls tennis or handball handbaU but his hit wife wafe hat haa has a aDYe alive aUve DYe live . , IS If lame , , buiband husband and hit his hl chU chUdren chUsiren chlldrea dren siren kave have something .omethlng omethlng . beside be.lde belde . a . pic- pic picture picture pic-tar pic tar - - ture * and ud a . piece pice * of 01 ribbon to 0 & caU call caU"daddy call'daddy caU"daddy caUdaddy " " ' " . "daddy daddy 'daddy When Wben I J gave lave that 'ale ale sage ' sag * advice , , Ididn't Ialda't Ialdat I IcUdn cUdn didn't didnt " ' ' know how bow .mart mart smart . mart I was was'The wa . 1'be 1be 'The The ' ' T wounded Mounded oldler .00dler 00dler soldier . In thla this thlaaJobal thisglobal thl thlglobal global aJobal war ear , though thoUib he b Is hi L exposed to toalraoat toalaaoet .oat oat alraoat . Tory nef7 every health hazard ward knownto known knownto knownto to max man In . , .t11l t11l atm . tm haa has ba . a better aaance Uanee ekanee of ofBta.lvI Bta.lvI BtalvI rvWag . g and returning returnln . safely .afe1y afe1y . keaeth hOme hOmethua homethan thua than ever ner before , " aa7a says ay Uaj MaJ OeD Gen 0 0.Ifonaaa . .Ifonaaa Ifonaaa . . NOI'IUD NOIIUD Norman ' Kirk . . , , surgeon-general surgeon general ureoll-eneral ureoll eneral , - - , 01 of 01th ofthe tttemoy th the UJD7 army . Th ' 'D1e D1e The * genual Qeneral general lav lave gave three r.a.OD ra.OD raOD reasons reasoacArt . . " ' Ilyst . . , the use un of blood plasma pla.ma plama . toavala to toam4 toavoid am4 avoid hock abock ana and hemorrhage , , aee- aee see- see seeaid sec-Id sec Id aeed - - aid _ d . . the use WlO ot of sulfonamlass nltonamlde sulfonamides , to Ie com- com corn comba eo a-bat a bat - . ba bat ' Infection ; : and third th1rd . . , the me mebffband mobility mebffb W . and _ U oflanSza organizattea organization on of o < tba the med1eat medlesi med1eataen1ce medlesiservices medicalaervlee aen1ce services * . which Injure Insure ponspt prompt and anddclen andtsrlcient anaefficient dclen tsrlcient ' medical mecUca1 and surgical aurctcaJ treat treat- treatment.TA treatment treattnent - - ment tnent . . ment.TA mentTA tnentThe The ria . Rec Reasons Ronson ReasonsI on . I heard at of widespread wldeapt.ad wldeaptad . ur use of t blood bloodplum bloodplasma bledplasma * plum plasma a first nt In the Spanish Bpanlah Chrll QYU Civil war waran4 warand warand an4 and Imagine maJlae ! much valuable Yaluable expert- expert expertenee xp ri- ri rinew - . enee Inca new was as w . ; . gamed ( , lined alned tram from that tha ' conflictW con1Uct conflict con1UctWe conflictWe We know It wai was wa , a proving provID , pound ground groundfor groundtw poundtf tf for # Nazi Nad and an4 ttnd .fascist fascist "e.ctat e.ctat ectat " $ . asclst . k 1In killing , and un tnr un- un - unc1oubted11 tnrdoubtedly undoubtedly c1oubted11he doubtedly c1oubted11 \ the \he he Allies AUlea profited proftted by b7 theefforts the thedona th thefforts efforts dona In life-saving life saving Ute-.avtn Ute.avtn Ute .avtn avtn - - . , as . a * welL wILi . t t'the ' 'the the ' ThelHe 'm'ine mine " \ ' l Of ot tut sulfa lIulra aatiaa drug dtuI drugs * . 1I.1t 1I1t IEbnd Is , . an * rot < rotf rotthe r f ' tba the great lI'ea't lIeat ' ' blessings bte.I bteI . tI . which wb1eb mdMn medl'm medlm modem modemchemistry * ' . , chemistry chem1.tt7 chem1tt7 . hai bat has givea tvea given , iu us to Ileceatly neceatl7 Recently I J JfI Ir Istood fI , fIIto r food Ito d stood In one on * f 01 of Ur tho the plaAti plants plant * of the theMonaanto theIOnianto theMoluanta Monaanto IOnianto Chemical eamyaay compuxr company to In 8t Bt BtLouis StLouis . Lou1t Louis . , Uo Mo M0 . . . , letUag letting J tUD . tba the aoft soft , ( t . , heaIbl1r healing heaIbl1rpcnrder healingpowder healtagpowder pcnrder powder drip through tbroup my ID7 lagers GAlen Angers De- De lie- lie Detore liefore De-tor De tor - - tore fore * me me . . , in lit a * . Qlaee space x > aea hardly bar 29 23 2 feet teet teetlQUare feetsquare lQUare square quar * , , was we , a . collection eonecUoD 01 of t .mall mall small smallkegs . mallkegs .mallkep kep kegs containing eontalnlna w this . wonderful wondetM antl- antl anU- anU anti- anti anU"pUc antiseptic antleptlc - septic eptlc "pUc pUc " . There wa wax was , enough en uch ugh wnblft within withinmy withinBay 1117 my ea easy " . reach to sene , serve the whole wholeSIc1Uan WholeSicman wholeSicilian SIc1Uan Sicman campaign campalID . , they the7 told me meEach meEach meEach Each oldler oldter soldier , haa has ha . bis bfj his packet and fillshto ftUa fills ftUaIda fillshb Ida hb : wound with it itt . It stymies stories e . thegerms the the.enna thegerms .enna enna germs . until natural processes proce.ea proceea . . anni 8JU1I soul- soul soulbfato annihilate . - hilate Date bfato them . . , t tThe t . tThe The mobility moblUt7 at of o1 the medical unite units uniteba unitsher uniteMas ba her . been described de.cribed decribed . In many m8Q7 dis dls- dls 41 dlspatches dispatches . - patches patchea and you 70U have bave all aU Been .een een seen . photographs Jhoto- Jhoto photo- photo JhotopapQ photographic ) - - * papQ graphic CK of the flying ft1In , hospttala hOIJta1I hospitals ) ! , , , thegnat the the1ft thegreat 1ft great . ' ate alt str transports tnMporta trsAIports with their equip equip- equipment equipment . - ment and nurses In1fJeI . . The e wounded arerapidly be are be"aptdb anrapidly "aptdb aptdb rapidly " ' returned to basea ba.e bae bases . . where theyget they theyset theyget set get the bea beat best ' at of can care car * Treatment onnaval on aval naval aval vessels vessell la is . equally equa1l7 effective etrecUve . . . It must mUl ' be o * understood undetltood that theTugs the thedrup thedrugs drup drugs and the plaxma plalma plasma to In themselvesare thenuetvci themn1ve themselves . an are re not Dot cure-el cure el - cure-alls cure alls cure-aU aU - - a . . . 'l'h lh ' They . , are not notnen noteven acteven nen even cure cures . to In many manJ ' case cases . The7 They Theyire The7an Theyare an ire preventatlves preventaUvel preventatives . . They The7 are what what70U whatyou whatyou 70U you " "do do " with " until the doctor cornea comea comes comeamore comesmore -more more - more accurately accurateJ.7 accurateJ7 . , until unU170u you come tothe 0 to & 0the tothe the doctor eJoctor Surl Surgery . " ' ii ' t nec necessary . . . " . to m mthe tothe tothe the ca.e cae caiei cases . , of moat most woundsCapt wounds woundsCapt Capt . W V M . Cralg erale Craig . . , chief of sur sur- sum - surat sumgory surgery gery gory , . " at the Naval Uedlcal Medical center center.Bethesda centerBethesda . , Bethesd Bethesda . . , Md . " , lust just outside ouuide of Washtngton Wash Wash- WashInIton Washington - ington InIton tngton . . , puts It succinctly IUCCInctl7 succinctly"In : : "In In " ' "b b " 1 the last l.st lst . war , when a man man's mans man'shead man'shead manshead ' " , head wa was . eat cut open pen by b7 a sheU shell frag fra- fra trig frament fragment . - . ment . , " " ' .ay ay . aaya says . Captala Captain Cralg Craig era " "the the " sur our ourtaco suraeon BUTgeon | aeon taco had bad to operate at once even eventhOUlb eventhough eventhough thOUlb though the patient was In such a aweakened aweakened aweakened weakened condition that he hadn'tone hadntone hadn't hadnt hadn'tone hadn'tone ' one chance : In ts < a hundred bundred to survivethe umve survive umvethe survivethe the operation . . . ' The 'n1e n1e surgeon sureeon had noother noother no | other fher choice cholee , , he knew if It be waited waitedinfection waitedInfection waitedinfection infection would . set .et et In and that would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be the end . . In this war it Is ia dift'er difter differ differant dift'erent different ' ent ant , the patient Is " given eiven bloed blood pl pies piesma . xna ma m . treatment to buQd buDd bufld him up sutfato tulla sulfa tullatD sulfab tD b check Infection . , and If hi his . condl condi condltIon condilost conditioa tIon ! lost permits . , he be Is ia flown ftown to a hos hoa- hoa hoe- hoe hoapltalln hoepital hospital - pltalln pital In the rear relU where the operation operationla operationIs Is performed under ideal condi conditlona conditions condiUons tlona tions " Short run Time * Lar Lag , LagIn L s sIn In the last war an all wounded had hadto hadto hadto to have a powerful powertul injection a mo.t mot most mo.tpalnfuJ mostpainful mostpainful . palnfuJ painful thing thlnl to endure . , , and nowhere Season Season's Seasons ' . Gree Greatiags Greetings Dp " , , accompaniedby accompaniedb7 accompanied accompaniedby b7 by a check cheek . , have beea bteD bden ! mailed IDaUed by bytJut bythe bythe tJut the Santa Fe railway l"aUwQ laUwQ " ' to it Itl its * morethan mon more monthan morethan than 1,000 1000 8,000 8000 , employees emplo7u . , who wbo are sts- sts ststioned sta stationed , ta- ta tadoneeS - tioned doneeS ! in n this W . country or 01 ' throughoutthe throughoutthe throughout throughoutthe the w world worldThe worl & . . . The oat1 national nation 1aJ < * ! Income produced In InthI inthe Intha thI the pnlied JJnited , ; inite $ State States . * la In September Sept mber wastba wa was wasthe . UIe the highest blghest , st monthly mcniblT ; . ; I ftgura guvd pn on n ree'ord ree- ree tee- tee reeortt3t tee'otdt - 'otdt otdt 'ord ord ' ' ortt3t . jJt-- jJt jJttnounted ; ( t . - tnounted hmounted Btt ounted to $1.53tf"OOO 1.53tfOOO 153tfOOO ( $ l&oSd.OOO loSd.OOO loSdOOO lyfi3t000 : . & , . " 000 . near as effective as al modern treat- treat treatment treatmcnt treatmcntThe . - ment meat mentThe meatThe The army estimates that 80 to 9t 9tper 0per 90 per cent of the wounded wOW1ded get first aid aidtreatment aid aidtreatment alltreatment treatment within an hour of belnl being beingwounded belniwounded wounded Ships are r well equipped equippedthe equippedthe the Itrfer larger ones one * as well as a hospitalThe hospitalThe hospital hospitalThe The man with a not too seriouswound serious seriouswound seriouswound wound and that is hi by tar far the majorlty ma maJorlty majority Jorlty jority of cases ( amputations are ineluded In Included Ineluded cluded eluded ) ) has a splendid chance for forrecovery forrecovery forrecovery recovery and a resum resumption tlon of his hisnatural hisnatural hisnatural natural existence in civil life when whenhe whenhe whenhe he is discharged . . In two categories categorle . this war hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been harsher than any precedingThere precedingThere preceding precedingThere There is a greater proportion of ofkilled ofkilled ofkilled killed in tn action to wounded Also the themental themental themental mental : casualties casualUea are higher in the thepresent thepresent thepresent present warCareful warCareful war warCareful Careful efforts effort . have been made toacreen to to.creen toscreen .creen creen screen . out those tho.e thoe . showing .bowlnl bowlnl . character character- characteristics characterIstics characterlstlca - istics lstlca Indicating they are unable to to.tand tostand tostand .tand tand stand . up under the mental train strain strainof , strainof trainI trainof I of modem warfare More might mighthave mighthave mighthave have been held out of service .ervlce ervlce . If the thepsychiatrist thepsychiatrists thepsychiatrists psychiatrist psychiatrists . had been able to carryout carry carryout carryout out their plans plan . They would havebeen have havebeen havebeen been able to do ' so 0 if there had been beena beenas beenas a as , thorough an understanding underatandln , of that thatbranch thatbranch thatbranch branch of medical science .cience cience . as there therewID therewill therewill wID will be after the war And because becauseof becauseof of that fact fact , , mere more of the mentalcases mental mentalca.e mentalcasea ca.e cae cases . , will wW be restered re.tored retored restored . t to * normal . The reaseo reasem reason for the Increased num number numbar numher ber bar ef of mental eases caan la is I , variously varloualy ex exp1a1ned explalned explained p1a1ned plalned our ur troops trClOP ' have endured enduredJonaer enduredlonger enduredUnger Jonaer longer er1oc1a periods , eri s of offensive oftenslve acUon action acUonthan actionthan actienthan than in the last war , th thq the , Increased Increasedtuy Increasedfury increasedtary tuy fury of f meaem modem warfare , the domiaation domi-Ration domi Ration doml- doml domi- domi domlaaUon - aaUon aation ef of th the * machine , ana and alse also , to te teaome tosome aome some me degree dell'ee dellee ' , the complications complicaUon . of ofcl'YW.n ofcivilian ofcivilian cl'YW.n clYW.n clYWn civilian ' . life which enceurage enceurae encourage , neurotic neu neu- neurotic neurotic - rotic conditionsThe conditions conditionsThe The . science .clence clence ef of warfare has movedforward moved movedforward movedforward forward with seven . .ven ven . league leacue bootsKilling b ots boots otsKIllln bootsIClUing KIllln IClUing , has haa become a mass ma.s mas . productlon produc productton produclion tton lion affair aftalr But lJut lint aloo along , with the char- char charIot charlot char-lot char lot - Iot lot at of Mars Man , Mercury MercW'7 MercW7 ' haa has advanced advancedon on winged winced feet and the b.alln balln healing . , arts artshave artshave artshave have progressed prreued . , to the point where wherefor wherefor wherefor for those tho.e thoe . who wbo escape the scythe .cythe cythe . ofthe of ofthe ofthe the grim rim , reaper there la ta Is a strong stronghelping , tron , , . helpln helping , band hand alon along , the road back . . . . . Cr Crowned wned Head HeadsPfVf . . Pro"e Proe Prove " Headache Headacla Headaehea HeadaeheaAfter HeadacheAfter . . After the last la.t lat . war some poeticallymindea poe poetically poeticallyminded caUy caUyminded |