"tu the codification of International g Law, one must not neglect this important medical chapter, first in time of peace but, above all, during war, In the coming war, medicine will be mobilized and on ' each side of the ting line the same problems will arise at the same time, require Hentical solutions, and be of parallel outcome.
"As these solutions—contrary to all others of the moment—have as their aim the safeguarding of human life and the amelioration of suffering, is not a new field and worthy of our entire attention?
"International law at. present, neither codified nor realized. It is "AIL these projects can be summed in a word—they are the express. sion of the human conscience." said Lieut. Col. Voncken. "It is sufficient to say that it will be dim cult for people or a government to dis-l"pprove of the principles enunciated:
The full texts were developed dur-Jing the meeting of the Internationat 'Committee of Military Medicine, held {in Liege, when 30 nations were re. resented.. In the course of one of the meetings at Liege, MIN. Albert 'Deveze, Minister of National Defence lof Belgium, suggested before the International' Committee of Military Medicine, that a meeting be held at Brussels "at which diplomatic sanetion will be given to the articles,
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