Show SAVING THE WOUNDED deaths from wounds in the korean war have been at the lowest rate in history this is a tribute to the magnificent work which the doctors nurses and medical corps men attached to our fighting forces are doing under the most difficult and dangerous conditions dit ions but there is even more to it than that and it is found in the high protein diet of american soldiers their rations include aboud a pound of meat a day and meat is one of the best of the limited number of sources of whole protein according to dr 1 I S professor of surgery at the university of pennsylvania and formerly a brigadier general in the medical corps the amazing success in saving the wounded has resulted in part from the recognition that high grade animal protein in diets may be almost as important as an antibiotics t germ killing medicines in healing wounds faster it this comes hard on the heels of the experience during world war II 11 when the enormous value of protein to troops was proven then as now military personnel received rations high in meat content it was found further that P protein botein has a definite beneficial effect on energy and morale no less than in helping the sick and wounded to regain their health what is true of the soldier is true of the civilian research has firmly established the fact that large amounts of protein are needed by almost everyone this is now strongly advocated by the leading medical authorities on dietetics it marks a step forward on the march toward a stronger healthier people as the experience in korea is demonstrating |