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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION Sulfa Drugs, Blood Plasma, New Techniques Have Doubled Soldiers' Chances of Survival Only 3 of Wounded Die Now, as Against 7 in World War I A man wounded in action now has a much better chance of recovering than ever be-- I fore, thanks to the advances of medical science, says Maj. Gen. Norman Kirk, surgeon general of the U. S. army. Chief reasons for the improve-ments are" the use of blood plasma to overcome shock and hemorrhage, sulfa drugs to hold down infections, and the greater mobility and su-perior organization of medical units. So far in this war, 3.16 per cent of those who were brought in wound- - - fled as to type of injury: head, chest, leg, etc. A complete record is made of the injury and treatment received so far. Next the injured soldier goes to the clearing station, where a mobile surgical unit is on hand to take care of desperate cases. By the time the clearing station has been reached, men with minor wounds are ready to return to service. Men with serious wounds are sent on to evacuation hospitals, hundreds of miles away. Airplanes are frequent-ly used to move casualty cases swift-ly. After treatment at the evacua-tion hospital, a man may be re-turned to service, or- - sent back to the States for prolonged treatment. If he is unfit for any service, he is given a medical discharge. Navy Much the Same. Naval medical care is similar to the army's. Small ships, such as submarines and destroyers, have lit-tle more than first aid equipment, while battleships have a complete hospital aboard, known as the "sick bay." This includes a ward room of 36 to 180 beds, a surgical dressing room, an operating room, dispensa-ry, laboratory, and doctors' and den-tists' offices. Wounded seamen from smaller ships are moved to these sick bays. First aid supplies are located in many parts of every ship, so that destruction of one section will not deprive men in other parts of aid. The marine field hospital system resembles the army's, with certain differences necessitated by the spe-cial problems of that dashing corps. Base hospitals are much like those of the army, being large and com-pletely modern. Treatment of mental cases has received much attention in this war. First, every effort is made at in-duction stations to reject men who would be likely to break down un-der stress of war dangers and hard-ships. Despite this caution, many men crack under the strain. In various overseas hospitals, admis-sions for mental ills amount to 20 to 25 per cent of all cases. Soldiers who suffer neuropsychiatric collapses are sent to evacuation hospitals, where they are treated by sedatives, prolonged rest, food, and certain techniques that allow them to rer lease their pent-u- p emotions. They are encouraged to talk about their frightful experiences. From 50 to 70 4. Convalescent cases, still con-fined to beds. Men in the first two classes are segregated from other patients, put back in uniform, and placed un-der regular discipline. These sol-diers to 15 miles, go on marches up engage in training maneuvers, play work at body contact games, and such projects as victory gardens, poultry raising, and construction work. GeneraUy these men are will-ing and eager to return to service. Soldiers in classes three and four receive every treatment possible to hasten recovery massage, sun bath-ing, supervised exercise. Those who can help the ward attendants in their duties, and engage in such games as their condition permits. A program of education in military and cultural sciences and entertain-ments helps to keep their minds oc-cupied and at ease. The army maintains about 80 gen-eral hospitals in the United States, each containing about a thousand beds. There are about 600 smaller institutions at various posts through-out the world. Army personnel have about 350,000 beds available, and more hospitals are in construc-tion. The navy operates 36 general hospitals and seven convalescent institutions in the United States, to-taling 40,000 beds. Facilities at posts and stations amount to an ad-ditional 25,000 beds. Prevention. Another important service of the medical departments is prevention of diseases by antitoxins and sani-tary measures. Inoculations in both army and navy include serums to prevent typhoid fever, smallpox, tetanus, yellow fever, typhus, chol-era and plague. Some are given to every man in service, others only to those who will likely be exposed to a particular disease. Results have been most satisfac-tory. During 1942 there were no cases of yellow fever or cholera in the army, and only a few cases of smallpox and plague. About 50 men became sick with typhus, but only less than half a dozen died. Scarcely any man who had been inoculated for tetanus developed In-fection. The navy reported similar success in battling diseases. Last war the influenza epidemic swept through army camps, causing 80 per cent of the disease deaths in 1918. A mild epidemic threatened ; f i f - , in December, 1941, and lasted until March, 1942, but it was easily con-trolled, and practically no deaths re-sulted. A form of pneumonia called "atypal" has been widespread, and has put many men in the hospital, but the mortality rate is low. Re-covery is slow, so loss of time from duty is serious. Servicemen in the tropics are ex-posed to some bizarre diseases such as filariasis, a parasitic ailment transmitted by mosquitoes. The ail-ment breaks forth in lesions and glandular swellings. Only about sev-en cases per 100,000 men have been reported. Fighters in the South seas have encountered malaria in the swampy islands. In 1942 the army's rate of malarial infection was about 30 men per thousand. It rose to 80 per thousand during 1943, because of in-creased activities in the steaming jungles. The marine landing forces report a rate of 155.5 per thousand, or nearly 16 per cent This, despite mosquito repellents, screens, spray-ing of mosquito larvae, and admin-istration of drugs, including quinine compounds, to servicemen. Malaria is called a serious health menace by the medical authorities. Widespread battlefronts have mul-tiplied the problems of the medical Army Nurse Lieut. Dorothy Hol-stei- n neatly bandages Seaman Doug-las Strater's head. Be was wounded by a fragment of a 37 mm. shell fired from a Nazi plane, while he was serving on a in the harbor of Palermo, Sicily. Dangling on his bare chest is the Purple Heart, awarded for his part in this action. (Army photo) ed have died, as compared with 7.35 per cent in the last war, or less than half. While these figures are not entirely comparable, since more men are killed outright by the more lethal modern weapons, neverthe-less, a very substantial improve-ment has been made. The branches of the services have more than kept up with the deadli-nes- s of the latest bombs and shells. For instance, in one of the Egyp-tian campaigns, head wounds result-ed in a mortality rate of only 9 per cent. In World War I, from 50 to 60 per cent died. Head wounds are injuries to the scalp, skull or brain. Losses of extremities will be much smaller than last time, it is predict-ed, on experience to date, largely because infections can be better con-trolled now. Control of infection by use of the highly publicized sulfonamides and the mysterious and rare penicillin is popularly misunderstood, army doctors warn. The sulfa drugs hold the infection in check until the nat-ural defenses of the body are able to kill the bacteria. Penicillin pre-vents the growth of new bacteria. It has been found gratifyingly suc-cessful in treatment of osteomyelitis and other stubborn types of infec-tions that will not yield to sulfona-mides. While these "miracle drugs" do not mean the end of infected wounds, surgeons say that this most serious danger is being conquered. Wounded Get Speedy Aid. Speedy treatment is probably the most important point in saving lives, after the new techniques. It is estimated that 80 to 90 per cent of wounded men receive first aid within an hour after being hurt. Ev-ery soldier carries a little kit with him, containing sulfa tablets and dressings. If he is hurt badly, and unable to apply these himself, a comrade will do it. Then, as soon as possible, stretcher-bearer- s come for him, and carry him to a first aid tent, the battalion aid station, only a few hundred yards behind the fir-ing line. Here a doctor examines the wound and checks the treatment adminis-tered by the medical aid soldier. The doctor treats the shock with injec-tions of blood plasma, and gives morphine to ease the pain. He puts on necessary splints or dressings. As soon as the man's condition permits he is moved by ambulance, jeep, or Utter to a collecting sta-tion, which is also a mobile unit, placed as close to the front as is at all safe. Here the patient is classi- - Pharmacist's mates on board a V. S. destroyer in the Mediterranean inject blood plasma into the arm of a captured enemy. He was a crew-man on a submarine sunk by the destroyer. per cent will recover in from two to five days. Most of the others are eventually sent home. The navy has had similar experience, and em-ploys about the same procedure. Reconditioning. The army medical department is developing a program to put the wounded soldier in the best possible condition upon his dismissal from the hospital. This is called recon-ditioning. One phase is designed to reorient the handicapped man the blind, deaf, and crippled. Blind men are taught Braille writing and read-ing and other skills that make life easier. The deaf learn lip reading. Men who have suffered amputations get artificial limbs and special train-ing. When possible, these unfortu-nate men are helped to earn a liv-ing in some new trade. Those men who can return to serv-ice are encouraged to do so, as the army believes that a veteran who has been wounded in action is the most valuable kind of soldier. These men fully appreciate the wisdom and necessity of instructions for escaping injury in combat. The reconditioning patients are di-vided into four classes: 1. Those nearest the point of re-covery, who are capable of eight hours of physical training daily. 2. Those who can stand six hours of physical exercise daily. 3. "Walking" cases, still receiv-ing treatments. Dental care is a constant need among the fighting men. Lieut George Fry is one of the navy den- tists who is keeping the teeth marines' in first class condition. (Marine Corps Photo) corps this time, but advances of sci- ence and improved organization have combined to make the service- man's chances of returning to civil- ian life unimpaired much better than they have ever been in the long his-tor- y of war. CLASSIFIED WE BUt AND 8KuTT File.. Tp,writ.. RiitX SALT LAKE desk'"" S ijj IS ffl Broad..,. , KEe lips , CIRCLE Have a Two-Piece- r! VTES, have a two-piec- in your wardrobe the top may be checked wool, the skirt a solid col-or or it may all match. Here's one of gay spirit which is good for work o.r play. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1877 is de-signed for sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Corresponding bust measurements 28. 30. 82, 34, 36 and 38. Size 12 (30), with sleeves, requires AYa yards ma-terial. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. 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A generous family supply FEEH-MINT1- 55 Invest in Liberty J Buy War f MANY DOCTORS 1 "RECOMMEND THISTONJC i ' - UMI II ' ' If You "Tire Easily", have kit rt; and minor ills due to ;" Vital Elements-nala- ra' A S D ) -- try taking g Scol'.i -- sion daily the year aroundl shows' many doctors reu - Scott's to help build up it; back energy and staminal B: today at all druggists IT'S 600D-W:::- V3 Li'' IIAIOTSK DO THIS! To relieve discomforts, one of the best things you can do is put a good spoonful of home-teste- d Vicks VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water. Then feel the wonderful relief come as you "breathe in the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the upper breathing passages! See how this soothes irritation, quiets coughing, and helps clear the head bringing grand comfort. FOR ADDED RELIEF ...rub throat, chest and back with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hours 2 ways at. a . . once--to bring relief WICKS from distress. Try it. V VapoRui WNU W t b( ii.i IIclp Thorn Cleanse of Harmful Bod'1 Your kidney" JbS''-- ; waste matter Iron, r;. ' kidneys sometime" ' . not act as Nature ,,,: move Impurities tM'j ti poison the system body machinery. - Symptoms nW persistent headache, ,; getting up men"' . m ol under the eyes ,! .. . anxiety and ' Other signs order are aomennw" " ... too frequent urinsti- ,,.. There should be no" treatment "., h DoarT. Pill: " "?,,, I' new triends lor n They h.v. affUrWS'' , Are recommended Women Smoke Burmese women still ... roots. They chew beteu '1" with resulting discolored !Tl k leel gums. t. I &frZMtiiL ill Released by Western Newspaper Union. TJ. S. LAND PURCHASES ' POSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS SIX BILLION DOLLARS bought a lot of land. That represents the expenditure of the federal govern-ment for real estate from 1941 to July, 1943. With such a sum, or to be exact, with $6,447,407,000, the gov-ernment purchased 47,000 square miles, 30,080,000 acres of land. Ac-cording to Senator Byrd, the gov-ernment's present holdings of real estate total 395,978,724 acres. That would cover the total area of all six of the New England states and all of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Ohio, Il-linois and Indiana the land equiva-lent of 20 of our states. Of the purchases made between 1941 and '43, the Federal Real Es-tate board, a government bureau, estimates a "fair market value" of the land purchased to be $4,554,543,-000- . The government paid a total of $1,892,864,000 more than the land was worth. That represented gov-ernment generosity to the extent of some $63 an acre, but the purchas-ing agent was not spending his own money. When congress gets down to an investigation of war expenditures, as it will some time, we may know how much of those' more than 30 million acres were not needed. There were undoubtedly some mistakes made. The sooner they are discov-ered and the unneeded land is again in the hands of private owners, pro-ducing food for the world, the better it will be for all. The American people are called upon, to provide the close to 6 bil-- lion dollars to pay for those more than 30 million acres of land, but that is not the end of their obligation. They must also pay an increased state and local tax rate to make up the loss that federal owner-ship of this land causes to state and local tax revenues. The purchase of that more than 30 million acres meant a loss In state and local tax revenues of $89,302,000 each year. That loss is shared by all of the states, ranging from $103,-00- 0 for little Delaware to $6,453,000 In California and $8,907,000 in New York. It took $4,972,000 out of the local and state tax revenue of thinly populated Arizona, $3,522,000 out of Nevada, $4,112,000 in Massachusetts, $2,904,000 in New Jersey, $2,228,000 in Illinois, In every state the local and state governments must get along with less revenue or people of the state must pay more because of the purchase of that more than 30 million acres by the federal govern-ment. That tax revenue loss will continue until that land is again in the hands of private owners. What would we do for local and state tax revenue if the federal gov-ernment owned all the land and all the industries? PRODUCTION OF SCARCITY AND OF PLENTY AS A CURE for the depression, to insure the return of prosperity, we were told to restrict our production of wheat, corn, cotton and other crops. We destroyed millions of pigs. We borrowed hundreds of mil-lions of dollars with which to pay farmers for the crops they did not raise all for the purpose of pro-ducing a scarcity out of which pros-perity was to be created. The war came and with it an g demand for production and more production. That production did the job scarcity had failed to accom-plish. Now Vice President Wallace tells us that by maintaining or increas-ing that wartime production through the postwar peace time years, we will be so prosperous that we will find no difficulty in carrying the financial load the war and its after-math will have built. He says it will mean taxes of some 45 billion dollars a year for us to pay, and that we can easily do that out of our production income if we keep up the production. Personally I agree with the need for the postwar production which the vice president voices, but "consistency, thou art a jewel." WITH OUR AMERICAN General MacArthur commanding in Australia and the South Pacific, our American General Eisenhower commanding in the Mediterranean, our American General Marshall commanding in Europe, it would seem to be pretty much our American commanded war. With the help of Russian gen-erals, the British navy and air force, our generals and our armed forces are doing a good job. A BOY, living at home, was seeking a job for the school vacation period. A prospec-tive employer asked what wages he would expect. "I have been offered a job at $25 a week but think 1 should have $30," the boy replied. He got the job at $30 and it will be an expensive job for that boy. Some day the war will be over. Help will not be scarce. There will be a vast difference between wartime and peacetime demand. That boy will object to working for a boy's wages in peacetime days. MY BOYHOOD farmer friend, Uncle John, would, if alive today, find it difficult to make his "know how" of farming tune in with the bureaucratic instructions on how to farm delivered from Washington. THE MOST DANGEROUS DRIV-ER is the one who keeps his eye peeled for the cops. IS MR. ROOSEVELT THE NEW DEAL, or is the New Deal Mr. Roosevelt? The Republicans would like an answer. I Chinese Abolish Queue Chinese soldiers no longer wear queues because they were a sign Df submission to the Manchu dy-nasty. They were cut off when the republic was established. Upside-Dow- n Parrot The blue-crown- parrot o! tralia hangs upside down t::. branch to sleep. This Week By Delos Wheeler Lovelace Release. Consolidated Fatur.s.-W- NU YORK. The fifth marine to N become a military aviator, M.J. S. Geiger is still flying Roy Sri, and he continues command Added Years Have vliie , a Not Made HimJoajJy Soft for Tough A study ol makes the a South Pacific map of Bougainville plain. It at the bottom of the eapM area controlled by Japan. If it faUs, Rabaul in nearby New Guinea falls. If Rabaul faUs, Truk is only a bomb-er's flight away. And if Truk falls, the Japanese heart collapses to a thin kidney. Inching along toward Bougain-ville's capture, Geiger parallels his bitter fight on Guadalcanal last year. Between September and November his aviation units destroyed 286 Japanese planes, damaged as many more and sank six enemy ships, including a heavy cruiser. For this Geiger was given a Gold star in place of a second Navy Cross. He won his first Cross in 1918, In France. The general began in the marines as an enlisted man. Fourteen months later, in 1909, he had a second lieu-tenancy. Before and after the World war he served all over ... in China, Cuba, the Philippines. He flew med-ical supplies to hurricane victims ol Santo Domingo in 1930, a relief plane to earthquake victims in Nicaragua a year later. Stocky, cocky, sharp-eye-he will fly a plane anywhere but he is also one of the marines' best trained leaders, a graduate of the navy war cd'ege and of the army's command and general staff school. Fortress pilots the world FLYING over, Berlin, Paramu-shir-and the Japs in China, will marvel more at the performance of Sficfcs Closely to when His End of Bargain know that its basic de- - With the Air Force sign js &e work of a man who has never han-dled the controls of a plane. Edward C. Wells, chief engineer of Boeing, took literally the offer of the air force, "You build 'em, we'll fly 'em." Thirty-thre- e now, he has worked on all the army ships which culminated in the Flying For-tress and for the past three years has given the bulk of his time to the the super-Fortres- s announced the other day by Gen. H. H. Arnold Wells is an Idahoan, born in busy Boise. He studied first at Willamette university in Oregon, then went to Leland Stanford where he graduated top man in the 1930 engineering class. Boe-ing took him on promptly. His were the preliminary designs for the controls, landing gear and tail surfaces on the long the air corps' standard mono-plane pursuit craft. Three years later he got his chance as sec-ond in command of the staff planning the first of the Flying Forts. Chief engineer since January, Wells is already looking toward peacetime planes. He predicts a trip from coast to coast. VVHEN Norway had to surrender " " to the German invader, Gen. Otto Ruge was able to broadcast a last order of the day to the little Norwegian Forces which had eround- - Will Not Forget His ed its arms 'Wait and Believe' !n bitter de" feat. "Wait and believe," he told his men, "and remember the old word, 'A mighty fortress is our God.' " Norwegians remember the mes-sage in silence, as the Nazi patrols march by, and Ruge must remem-ber, too, in the German prison camp from which now he sends thanks to the American Red Cross for parcels of food. General Ruge refused to go along when the Norwegian king and gov- ernment and many military leaders fled to exile in Great Britain. His Place was with his men, he declared. At first, in the south, it was a race against time. The Nor-wegian forces, scanty, but swelled continually by volun- teers, held the Germans back while waning for Allied aid. Day after day, night after night, in he words of the general himself, they fought without reserves facing artillery, tanks, bombers. help were fans- - rrcXeeT-hen- e the Norwegian nera? ' 1933; inspector generaI 'S! fentry since 1938 He Was a hard worker, oftPn , daily at P dmg 16 hou a tek. He was almost 60 when at of crisis i a , action s f in" His , red him He T &nd hon" Norway now 3 naUnal h"o of He has strong yet EllUo 01 an idealist, a brush of hEh eh 6ePly lined unde looped right T an inteny taken prisA tprudent. t, when his wordl Z 6 refused to give t ZuZll?' G or try to escape to &Sh bo?hnfictiorf "gH UkeS toad. certainly tell hZ L day to the GerrdanPrP0rti0nat s valiant defence VTT Waa homeland. beloved Less Violent Landlord I hear you are kick-ing about the flies in your room. Roomer Oh, no, I was just knocking them around with my hand. Wasp's Nest Wasps build a nest by tearing off small pieces of dry wood, chewing them into a pulpy paste, and spreading them out to dry. Cream Developed by Navy Medical Corps Protects Skin From 'Flash Burn' Injuries A skin 1 r V : .iMi.1., .Ai..ai, .i.... cream that gives positive protection against one of the deadli-est and most disabling of battle haz-ards flash burns has been perfect-ed by Naval Medical researchers. The substance has the consisten-cy of ordinary cold cream but is battleship gray in color. About an ounce and a half, smeared across the face, neck, forearms and hands, will afford protection of those parts. It is not necessary to apply the thin coating to covered portions of the body since clothing alone-e-ven a thin undershirt-provi- des protection adequate against all but the most intense flash burns. Picture shows a laboratory-mad- e flash burn on the arm of Lieut Com Gordon B. Fauley, who is in charge of the research project that devel oped the cream. ' Seriously wound-ed men are re-moved from the battle area by air-plane to army gen-- eral hospitals, lo-cated hundreds of miles from thefront. Here a medical corpsman attends a casualty who is waiting to be put aboard the huge transport. |