Show 31 MEDICAL EDICAL RESEARCH WORK so go much lias has been written and so many exaggerated statements have been made laade concerning the COO of the american red cross cress for roadcap road ined cal research pur purism on n france and nd Del belgium gium that the following announcement Is s made of 0 a cablegram cible gram from general Pers hinga Al medical edical stall staff in fit france ir received ly by the war council of the american red cross we believe the american R rid 1 pro has properly expended exren ded its funds because ils the duty of tho the red cross to care tor for sick and wounded american soldiers and to use se funds to prevent those soldiers from being infected with the various diseases met with in their peculiar army life there are severa several I 1 diseases the exact nature of which is a undetermined as they are new and peculiar to this war and must rn st be studied to aid our troops we stand on tile the principle that the red cross funds should back such work rather than secure special funds for that purpose tile the medical department of tile the united states army Is in full accord with all the red cross is doing in this alil regard it Is cooperating and aE assisting in every way in fit reze research areli matters and Is counting upon our help in n this regard it has asked the red cross to help study the many problems ot of preventive medicine and of surgical discuses dl against which the army medical corps must struggle the research committee assists the red cross in the management ot its funds and its experiments and cortrels cort rols the type and hind ind of experimentation the research committee whose names you have controls control a fully its is res research garch work against which the antl anti viv are protesting english medical aut authorities horMes are vigorously cooperating with the american red cross in research work we feel that an anyone yone endeavoring to stop the red cross from assist assisting ng in its humanitarian and humane do are to prevent american soldiers from being diseased and I 1 in n protecting them by the peculiar problems of disease dis ase with which litell the army is confronted 3 in reality giving ald aid and comfort to the enemy enemy research work so tar far undertaken undertake ri I 1 includes ac tides studies on anaesthesia shell shock arid trench fever which last aill be the main une liae of invests saon a aton this winter we are also investigating trench nep nephritis hrUs and toot foot wound infectious infections including gas gangrene and tetanus the animals used are principally guinea pigs rabbits and white rats it OP cratous cra tops causing pain to ant nisi mel are performed anaesthesia Is asel itse J actually very few animals have been ustad for this s work signed by the medical medical officers with generl general 1 P ersh ings IT S exp eap force in france |