HE invaluable work done by Shanghai, Sept. 23. the Red Cross and the R.A.M.C, in war time w: described last night by Dr. E. G. Gauntlett in a talk over Station XCDN.
Gauntlett briefly reviewed the progress made in army medical surgery and in the treatment of diseases among the troops, paying tribute to many great research workers who found cures for ailments which had never been ipated. He ended with an appeal to all Shanghailanders to contribute to the Central British War Fund, which sends money to the Red Cross, so that the Red Cross may never have to refuse any request for comforts from wounded soldiers or sailors. or from the civilians who have suffered in the air raids on Britain, Dr.
Gauntlett's talk follow:
There was a time in the history. of nations when the work of earing for wounded men at the front and for the health of armies in the feld was regarded as of small or second-ory importance, At that time arm {er wore not of great size, nor. was the profession of arms. the highly technical business which it has become In these latter days. If a man Yeas wounded he ceased to be of use Yor the undertaking on which the rely was engaged and the chances were that before his recovery was complete a decision would have been Feuched. In any case a sullciency fresh recruits could usually be obfemed without difficulty. Moreover pestilence broke oUt the troops could be moved away to fresh ground, fond. the infection In this manner eluded to a certain extent. AS arm~ {es increased in size, however, and a3} weapons became more deadly, a new situation arose, The number of men who were injured increased, and the Fates between the killed and wound~ ed underwent a change. Wounded men began to have a potential value when new recruits were dificult to obtain in adequate number and epidemics became a. serious danger When it" was no. longer possible to, escape from them, and when the eempaign was likely to be of pre Tonged duration.
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