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Title: The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Great Britain. War Office MacPherson, William Grant, Sir, 1858-1927
Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Military hygiene
Publisher: London : Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ly obtained in thisway. In fact, the Roentgen-ray apparatus of No. III. FieldHospital of the 5th Division was one that had been so obtainedby the division at the time of the Boxer Expedition, and heldsince on charge at the Military Hospital in Hiroshima. Other articles of special equipment, not noted above or inthe Appendices of the Report on the Japanese Field MedicalRegulations, are appended to this report. No mention has been made of hospital furniture or wardutensils. Practically nothing of the kind existed. Many bedswere obtained from the Russian hospitals, barracks, and officialshouses along the railway line, and these were used in some ofthe hospitals. Bed pans were supplied from the Central Depot or madelocally out of the tin-lined biscuit boxes. The only bed urinals used were empty meat or other tins. The bedding consisted of blankets and mattress, and pillow-cases, which form part of the field hospital equipment, andwhich were stuffed locally with straw. ( To face page o 71.
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