Show 1 1 I 1 S 1 1 L Released by Western Newspaper Union PHYSICAL UPS CHECK-UPS One of the gratifying things about this war as compared with the last is the diligent search made by medical medical medical medi medi- cal officers to make sure that men entering the army are fit not only physically physically physically phys phys- but mentally and emotionally also This was not as wellor well fi or as completely I done in the last war partly because there was not a full history history his his- ate tory of the man available and X-rays X x of chest and blood tests were not gener gen- gen Dr Barton er ll done I have personal knowledge of how we passed men menas menas menas as physically fit because heart lungs and other organs were normal who later developed disturbances of various various various vari vari- vari- vari ous organs during war service Had we had a knowledge of their emotional emotional emotional emo emo- makeup which we could have gained to some extent by further questioning there would not have been so many cases of disordered heart action stomach and intestinal disturbances and some behavior symptoms during and after the war In the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine Drs W. W Sargent and E. E Slater draw attention to the commonness of loss of memory as asa asa asa a symptom among soldiers in wartime wartime wartime war war- time and suggest that in civil life this same symptom is more easily overlooked Among a thousand military military military mili mili- tary patients admitted to a neurosis center they found in whom loss of memory was an outstanding symptom aside from those whose loss of memory was due to some some real damage to the brain Loss of memory memory memory mem mem- ory was more common and more severe in those who had undergone severe stress on active service Many of these same individuals would have little lapses in memory in civil life because of the instability or unsteadiness of their emotional makeup These men are as brave as their comrades but are more high strung or emotional and their nervous system is more readily af af- af- af Aside from behavior or emotional symptoms stress of war affects the body organs also and as mentioned above disordered heart action stomach stomach stomach ach ulcer and colitis inflammation colitis inflammation of the lower bowel often bowel often result among soldiers for which they are rightly granted a pension Other improvements over our physical examinations in the last war are blood tests for disease tests of the blood group to which the soldier soldier sol- sol dier belongs and X-rays X of lungs |