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Show PREPARING SPHAGNUM MOSS FOR RED CROSS USE US I " gSftt(ttf Vsssssssl - HBSS THE great value of sphngnura moss as a surgical dressing was not realized until 1910, and even Hun iu use wtis in tht experimental stage, but now so groat is tin- demand lli.u Great Britain Is no longer able to fill it and .Canada and the United Slates are now being actively exploited for tins tn'iiiy absorbent dressing. Bhagmim growg in moist and boggy places and can he found In all parts of the country. The method of collection is to wade out Into tbe b g, grasp and pull UP the upper layers ol the moss by bandfuls, wring tbeui out and put them In Micks and take them t the edge of the bogs. vhen-c they are carted away. Those who do the collecting nausl know the g l from the bnfl moss, as there are different gpecjefl of the moss The moss i- sterilized by the hospitals before being be-ing used. AH the best moss is put Into muslin casings for dressings, the Intermediate Inter-mediate is made into pillows, splint ,adc dysentry ids Stc., aud the ivqrsl discarded Picking over the moss requites an enormous amount of labor and time and produces sery little material ma-terial In the end. At the m. ;m Women's Wom-en's Union, in Montreal. Canada, much of this moss la prepared tot dressings bj i;d fioss workers. Photograph ihowa society women of the Canadian City making dressings from the moss. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl |