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l. The last half decade has seen many changes in the oe

practice of medicines. Problema have confronted the medical

profession which were attacked in systematized and organized

method so that newer conceptions have replaced the time worn

_ theori es.

2e The Great War has called for sacrifices from no sin-

gle class of men more than from the physician and surgeone In

America alone more than 32,000 were in uniform and many thou-

sands were collaborating in the medical laboratories and clinics

to safeguard the health of the Army.

~ 3. While the war, as all wars are, was a terrible evil,

certain benefits have accured from it. We now know more about

the various forms of ourd ana: of functional cardiac disturb-

ances, of trench nephritis, ef trench fever, and many other dis-

eases. The advances made in our knowledge of infectious fence

teernai diseases, the scourge that followed the scheme of mili-~

tariem, such as thphus type, cholera and influenza are notable.

The dreadful pandemic which is still raging has slain many more

than shells and eannons have.

4. The study of the functi oni ng capacity of organs haa

made rapid strides in the past several years. In this branch of

medicine America has especially excelled. By means of the cardio-

graph one is now able to distinguish functional fran organic

heart disorders. By means of numerous Ceuta. it is now possi-

ble to determine how much work @ diseased organ can still per~

form so that the art of prognosis has been much advanced.

5. Famine follows war and diseases due to improper nutri-

tion become especially prevalent after years of military occupa-

tion. The diseases due to vitamine, such as scurvy, pellagra,

rickets, etc., have been extensively investigated, the cause de-

termined, and the remedy suggested.

6. The advances made in military hygiene are remarkable.

Perhaps the healthiest localities were the Army Camps. The toll

that armies used to pay in typhoid fever, dysentery and allied

diseases has been almost entirely erased.

7. In surgery also, the remarkable results obtained with

the antiseptics devised by Dakin and aett oe by Carrell have much

reduced the mortality following combined fractures, gunshot wounds,

etc. These antiseptics are now applied with gratifying results

in the treatment of empyema and pus fomations in general.

Sick Report 2nd.Division,March,19,1913 ee

Texas City,Texas- Cases remaining in Hospital - 64

Galveston,Texas, Cases remaining in Hospital - 49 SD SE ONS Se ane ana TEXT ep

Total - 113

17, Wounds,

22, Venereal diseases. 17, Infecthous diseases

57, Undetermined and all other diseases. A BE OO ON em Ee

Field Hospital No. 3 - Cases remaining - 42 Post Hospital,Ft.Crockett, """"nunnn . 48

In Regt.Hosp.Texas City, Hire nee ge

In Regt.Hospitals,¥t.Crockett, """"" - 31 SOS Sep ee OS OS OE ee

Total- 1135

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William H.Smith

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Chief Surgeon Sanitary Inspector

William BsBanister, Reuben B,Miller

James M,Phalen

Ernest L.Ruffner Texas City, Texas

Sanford W.French CH ot_Lhite

Carroll D,Buck ‘

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Henry P.Carter William B.Meister

Douglas F.Duval Clarence E,Fronk

Leigh A.Fuller James L.Robingon

Conrad E.Koerper

Charles Y.Brownlee

Armin Mueller

Howard H.Bailey Henry C.Michie,Jr.

John B.H,Waring

Boehs,Charles J,

Percy L.Jones Samuel J,Turnbull

John M.Murtagh Allie W,Williams Alfred P.Upshur

Edgar C. Jones : Rese scent mene

Frederick A,Dale

Frederick M, oe ns

‘Harry H.Blodgett

Chandler P,.Robbins de. al Edward F.Geddings Cot

Samuel 5,Creighton

Harley J,Hallett

John M,Willis

Detch.Sig.Corps, Texas City,- Attached to 26th.Infy.for Med.attendance.

Asst.to C.S.and Attdg.5.

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