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Title: The doctor's part, what happens to the wounded in war
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Church, James Robb, 1866-1923
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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which lurked in the corners and threw into re-lief the staring white of the fresh bandages andthe pale gray of the upturned faces. It seemedvery fitting somehow that the setting of thepicture should be underground, for it was cer-tainly associated with death and all that goeswith it. I made the rounds of the little estab-lishment with the Surgeon on duty there andhe explained his cases to me and the means hehad of caring for those who came to him forthis the first step on their road to cure. Thereis not much, of course, which can be done ina unit of this kind: only the simpler kinds ofwork. One stops hemorrhage of course, if itexists, injections of Anti-tetanic serum are ad-ministered, splints are adjusted and the mengiven broth and stimulants if required. Thefirst aid post is just a check point to insure thatthe wounded who go from it shall leave in thebest shape possible to make the trip to theunit further back. It makes no pretence atanything in the way of formal work. All that204
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TRANSPORTATION is done, however, is entered on the tag whichis twisted on a wire on a button of the woundedmans coat and he arrives at each station witha readily accessible record of what his injuryis, and of the measures which have already beentaken for his relief. The urgent cases, thosewhich should receive prompt surgical care, areso marked by a special tag. The whole systemis along the line of that key word, triage—sorting, which as I have stated is very nearlythe base on which this system of care of thewounded is built. There were not many seriously wounded inthis dark little cellar this evening and I wasspared the always harrowing sight of themangled men who uncomplainingly bear in-juries which seem beyond the control of humanfortitude. At certain posts, such as this,where there is apt to be need for transport atalmost any time, a motor ambulance is keptalways on duty throughout the twenty-fourhours. It was to replace the one then therethat we had come up, and the boy who was

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