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4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL '■ wr! ATLAMTA, GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH ST. > Entered at the Atlanta Poatorfice as Mail Matter of • the Second Class. JAMES B. GRAY, President and Editor- BUIBCXIPTIOM PRICE. Twelve months 75c Six months < Oc Three months2sc The Semi-Weekly Journal is published on Tues day and Friday, and is mailed by the shortest routes for early delivery. It contains news from all over the world, brought by special leased wires into our office. It has a staff of distinguished contributors, with strong depart ments of special value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every postoffice. Liberal com mission allowed. Outfit free. Write R. R BRAD LEY. Circulation Manager. The only traveling representatives we have are B. F. Bolton. C. C. Coyle, L H. Kimbrough, Chas. H. Woodltff and L J. Farris. We will be responsible only for money paid to the above-named traveling representatives. i J NOTICE TO SUmBCRXREBB. 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Whether these three bits of sea-girt land would be a bargain or an extravagance at twenty-five million dollars depends on who is to acquire them and what purpose they are to serve. Merely for territory and resources, they would be of scant value to a nation whose domain is already so broad as that of the United Stated, but when their strategic possibilities are considered the ques tion assumes quite a different aspect. As Roland G. Usher, the noted student of inter national affairs, points out in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, these islands control, or might im peril our control, of the approaches to the Gulf and other positions in which we are vitally con cerned The principal member of the group, St. Thomas, has a natural harbor—"deep, broad, land locked, protected from storms and in a measure from observation from the sea”—which, according to who held it, would be a great advantage or a gteat danger to the United'States. "Steep cliffs afford adfhirable opportunities for fortifications, observations of other fleets, • and excellent locations for powerful wireless : plants. Suppose some European nation should • seize this as a fleet base for operations against our positions in the Gulf of Mexico or against our own Atlantic coast. Suppose it should fortify it secretly and then, when all was ' ready, make a dash at Panama and take pos session. Tbe guns in the forts around the canal are still very valunerable to a modern . fleet, and it is difficult to see how the canal could be retaken without the expenditure of • many times twenty-five million dollars. We do not know that any European nation has any such plans or would attempt to carry them out after the present war. But why take a chance on it? Why sit around and wait for trouble to come? Why not take out an in surance policy of about twenty-five million dollars on property worth, at a modest qom put£*ion. about five hundred million? A pol icy all paid up for the rest of time, so far as that particular source of trouble is concerned.” It Is commonly suspected that the plans of the United States for purchasing the Danish West In dies in 1902 were thwarted by German influence. A deal was at the point of consummation when, for reasons unexplained at the time, Denmark strangely balked. The Danes are now eager to sell, partly because they need the money and be cause, moreover, they wish to be quit of a posses sion which might involve them in trouble with their mighty Teuton neighbor. The United States will do well to act while the coast is clear from interference such as developed in 1902. As long as these islands are on the market there will be a chance of some European Power buying them, an event that would spell serious complications; for, the Monroe Doctrine is opposed to the extension of European suzerainty in this hemisphere, either by conquest or by purchase. Thus as a safeguard against vexing and dangerous issues, as well as for purposes of strategic defense, the United States will do well to grasp the present unencumbered opportunity for getting the Danish West Indies. A Quibbling Candidate. A peculiarly incisive stroke in the Presidential campaign is the open letter addressed to Charles E. Hughes by a group of thirty-seven distinguished American authors. Declaring that they have small interest in parties but a very deep interest in democracy, these writers, whom millions of Ameri cans know, remind Mr. Hughes that in no public utterance concerning the issues of the time has he filed a bona fide bill of particulars or offered a sin gle constructive suggestion. Mr. Wilson’s beliefs, on the other hand, "have been expressed in law and in declared policies; he has made a record by which he may be judged.” Then follows this home thrust: "Wise choice is not possible unless you yourself make equally specific statement of purposes and convictions. Generalities are without value. Blanket criticism is worthless. What we desire to know, what it is fair that the electorate should know, are the exact de tails of your disagreement with President Wilson What has he done that you would .’ not have done, and what has he failed to do that you would have done or propose to do? ’ Honesty and patriotism demand that you put • yourself on record in such a manner as to • permit the people to judge you as they are now able to judge President Wilson?” This interrogatory is impressive and significant not only because of its searching logic but chiefly because of the men and minds behind it. They are: Samuel Hopkins Adams. Ray Stannard Baker.* Ellis Parker Butler. L. Ames Brown. Dante Barton. Irvin Cobb, Wadsworth Camp, J. O’Hara Cosgrave. Stoughton Cooley. William L. Chenery. George Creel. James Forbes, Frederick C. Howe, THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916. Oilson Gardner. Frederick Stuart Greene, Opie Read. Edgar Selwyn, William Leavett Stoddard, Lincoln Steffens, Oliver Herford, Prof. Louis John con. Richard Lloyd Jones. Peter B. Kyne, Percy Mackaye. A. J. McKelway, Basil Manley, Meredith Nicholson, Albert J. Nock, Harvey J. O’Higgins, Charles Johnson Post, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, William McLeod Raine, Boardman Robinson. John Reed. Augustaus Thomas, Frank Vrooman, George West. The majority of these writers have little or no interest in partisan politics. Many of them are thoroughgoing independents. Some of them are authorities on economic or social or governmental problems. All of them are keen students of American life and affairs. It is peculiarly sig nificant, therefore, when a group of such men turn aside from their wonted interests and tasks to ad dress a candidate for the Presidency. Will Mr. Hughes attempt to answer their plain and perti nent questions? We fancy that he will not; for, having failed to utter a word of directness and candor in his keynote speech—the speech for which the country had been waiting as a definite statement of his convictions and aims—he hardly can be expected ;o be less evasive and noncommittal in the future. The fact is Mr. Hughes could not speak definite ly and frankly on the uppermost issues of the cam paign without confessing that his candidacy had no grounds of practical justice and patriotism. On approaching the question of our European rela tions, he would be bound to admit that no Presi dent could have acted differently from Mr. Wilson without sacrificing either the peace or the honor of the nation. In discussing the Mexican problem he would be bound to admit, if he were ingenuous, that the President could not have gone further without going to war. As regards preparedness he would be bound to admit, if he dealt in particulars instead of generalities, that the Democratic Con gress has enacted the most far-reaching military bill and is about to enact the most far-reaching navy bill in the history of American legislation. While criticising the Wilson record in the sub marine controversy, Mr. Hughes gives no intimaton of what he himself would have done in the circum stances. Would he have severed relations with Germany immediately upon the sinking of the Lusi tania, .or would he have given diplomacy a chance? If he thinks the former course with its inevitable drift to war should have been adopted, he does not say so. If he would have exhausted the means of diplomacy before committing the country to war, in what particular would he have improved on Mr. Wilson’s policy or .on the results which Mr. Wilson has accomplished? He cannot deny that the Wil son policy constrained the German Government to abandon submarine lawlessness and to respect the rights of America together with the principles of humanity. And as this all-important end was accomplished paacefully and honorably, why quib ble over the methods by which it was achieved? The Mexican problem was handled down to the Democratic administration by its Republican pred ecessor. Mr. Taft did not recognize Huerta’s mur derous regime; Mr. Taft did not precipitate war with Mexico, although the yellow press and special interests clamored for intervention; Mr. Hughes does not say in what respect he himself would have acted differently. On this as on all questions of moment, he carps and peeves and quibbles, but he offers nothing constructive, nothing definitely dif ferent from the Wilson course. As the group of distinguished authors declare in their letter to the Republican candidate, Presi dent Wilson's beliefs and purposes are unmistak ably clear not only through what he has said but through what he has done. Mr. Hughes’ beliefs and purposes, on the contrary, are so vague and in determinate that one questions whether he has any at all, except a traditional belief that Republican partisans have a divine right to hold political jobs. It is hardly to be expected that the American peo ple will displace a leader who has been tried in the fires and storms of national danger for a novice whose only stroke is to cavil and complain. Mobilizing Our Industries. Thanks to the excellent work of the Committee on Industrial Preparedness, thirty thousand manu facturing concerns have been listed and Classified for national service in the event of war. That is an invaluable contribution to the cause of the country’s defense. As the New York Times well observes, the United States hitherto hat not. only been unprepared but has lacked the means of pre paration: “Guns and ammunition are not the only things needed- when war comes. It is an as sured fact that hereafter we shall have a body of men trained to understand the nation’s de fense. It has been the object of the commit tee to provide also a large body of men who shall be always ready to produce quickly the materials the army and navy will need. This general mobilization of national resources will be of vast benefit in times of peace as well as in times of danger." When the Teuton armies were driving the Rus sians in retreat a year ago, Lloyd George of Eng land remarked that the German victories were be ing won in German workshops and that if the Al lies expected eventually to triumph, they would have to equal or surpass Germany’s industrial or ganization. It was persistent, though belated work, in this very field of preparedness that enabled the Allied forces to launch the far-flung and victorious offensive they are now conducting. The United States does well to profit betimes from the European lesson. The committee of civil, mining, mechanical and electrical engineers and chemists who are carrying forward this important task have earned a place in American history. Books and the War. The trend of literature as evidenced by what readers care for rather than by what writers turn out was the subject of an interesting inquiry lately conducted in England. It appears that the war, far from distracting attention from books, has placed them higher than before among the comforts and solaces of life. Many persons, we are told, who hitherto gave little time to reading now devote their leisure to the world's best authors. Signi ficantly enough, popular taste has turned to the more tranquil fields of literature—history, the sciences and serious fiction. Demands from the front include books of geography, astronomy, the classics —and dictionaries. In seasons of adversity and stress men turn to inner resources rather than to outward diversion. A nation in the shadow of war finds time read and to think. Battle-wrought nerves demand “some sweet oblivious antidote;” and where can it bet ter be found than in the comradeship of a good book? An Authoritative Opinion On the Highway Commission. “It is my personal opinion that the meas ure would not confer sufficient duties and au thority upon the Prison Commission to make it a highway department as contemplated by the federal road act. I feel that a State highway department, if it is to be such as is contemplated by the federal road act, must be an actual engineering department made up of experienced road builders, thoroughly qualified to make the necessary surveys, plans, specifica tions and estimates, and to supervise construc tion.” These are the words of Mr. Logan W. Page, di rector of the office of public roads and rural engi neering in the national Department of Agriculture. They are from a letter by him to Congressmen Lee and Vinson in response to their inquiry concern ing the dubious highway commission bill passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. To say, as some of the opponents of a thoroughgoing measure are reported to have said, that Mr. Page’s opinion on the matter is of no consequence, be trays either ignorance or insincerity. The office of public roads and rural engineering is one of the most important branches of the federal se vice; as the head of that office, Mr. Page has broad power and responsibility. He is charged with the practical administration of the federal road act; and, speaking from an admin istrative point of view, he declares in reference to the House bill: “I should certainly recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture that he grant no aid to the State of Georgia on any such basis.” This counsel is wholly disinterested. The di rector of the national office of public roads is not concerned with the political game which ob structs the passage of an adequate highway com mission bill for Georgia and thereby threatens the State with a loss of two million dollars. He is per sonally indifferent to what the Legislature does or fails to do. His opinion was not volunteered but came in official response to a request from Georgia Congressmen. If that sort of advice is not worth considering, then nothing that can be said on the issue win carry any weight. For years our representatives in Congress have striven to secure *ederal aid for road building and at last, after repeated disappointments and in spite of great obstacles they have succeeded. A fund of seventy-five million dollars has been granted for apportionment among the States that comply with the terms of the new act. Is it possible that the Legislature will let Georgia’s rightful share of this generous aid go by default? Shall the State whose Congressmen were so largely instrumental in es tablishing federal aid for roads be the only State in all the Union not to avail itself of the oppor tunity thus opened? The people wil’ do well to realize that this dan ger is imminent. Georgia is one of the only three States which have not already established a competent highway commission, and the other two are preparing to do so without quibbling. The end of the Legislative session is near. If anything is to be done to protect the State's interests under the federal law, it must be done speedily. The House bill, which merely bestows the empty title of a highway department on the Prison Commission, will not suffice. Nothing short of a highway department endowed with genuine re sponsibilities, charged with definite duties and composed of efficient officers can suffice. The only hope of an adequate measure now lies in prompt action by the Senate and fair-minded concurrence by the House. The time is short. The need is imperative. The responsibility cannot be escaped. Quips and Quiddities “O-b-00-oh! 80-o-o-ho-o-o!” As the childish wail rang through the house the anxious mother sprang to her feet. Rushing into the hall she met her little daughter coming in from the garden and carrying a broken doll by the leg. “What’s the matter, darling?” she asked tenderly. “O-o-oh, m-o-other,” howled the child, “Willie s broken my do-oll!” "The naughty boy! How did he do It. <•lii hit him on ve head wlv it!” was the slow response. • • • “Heck,” growled the old man, returning to the bed room, “I stubbed my toe.” “Wen.’' replied his wife, "that’s what you get for going down stairs in your stocking feet.” “That's so,” Pop said. "If I hadn’t gone down In my stocking feet that young man of Ethel’s might have heard me and got away before I reached him.” • • • “Five shillings, please," said the dentist. “But,** protested the patient, “your sign reads ‘Painless extracting free,’ and now you want 5 shill ings.” “Certainly,” replied the dentist. “You remember that this dees not apply in your case. I do painless extracting free, just as I advertise, but yours evi dently was not painless, and so I make a charge for it. Five shillings, please.” e • • As she stood outside the little country inn two great tears shone In her innocent eyes, tears so large that the passing cyclist saw them. Beauty in distress caused him to dismount and aak if he could be of any assistance. •T’m afraid not, thank you,” replied the damsel, sorrowfully, as she pointed to an automatic chocolate machine attached to the wall of the Inn. "I’ve just put a penny in that thing, and nothing has come out.” “That’s soon remedied,” said the young man con fidently. He slipped a coin into the slot, and then another and another. After the sixth he muttered angrily, raised his cap and pedalled wildly away. As he disappeared a female head peeped round the door. "Any luck?” asked the owner thereof. "Oh, yes, ma,” replied the simple damsel gayly. "That's the tenth. I’ve netted 50 cents since dinner time.” • • • An Irishman with a very thick head of hair was one day the center of a ring of English farmers who were endeavoring to crack jokes at his expense. •’Why,” exclaimed one of them, "you’ve got a head of hair like a stack of hay.” “Ah,” returned Pat, unruffled, "that's just what I was thinking; that accounts for so many assets around me.” • e • Mose was desirous of opening a grog shop in his town and sought a license. The commissioner listened to his plea. "AU right, Mose,” he said, “the fee ia SSO. And, of course,, you have to get the consent of 75 per cent of the people in that block.” Mose looked a trifle puzzled. “Le's see, sah,” he said, "dey’s Jim an’ Sallie, an’ de fo’ Joneses —dat’s six—why, mister, dey ain’t 75 per cent of people in dat block, sah!" • • • Tommy came out of a room in which his father was tacking down a carpet. He was crying lustily. "Why, Tommy, what’s the matter?” asked his mother. "P-p-papa hit his finger with the hammer," sobbed Tommy. "Well, you needn’t cry at a thing like that,” com forted his mother. "Why didn’t you laugh?” "‘I did,” sobbed Tommy disconsolately. NERVOUSNESS is not a disease in itself, it is, rather, a symptom of ill health from any one of a number of causes, some of which are primarily physical, others primarily mental. It Is important to have this clearly understood. Many people do not so understand it, as is evident from leters that have come to me. Typical of these is the recent query of a correspondent from western Canada: “What, in your opinion, is the best remedy for rervousness? If nervousness is not a disease in itself it, is evident that there can be no “best remedy” for it. The thing to do is to ascertain the precise cause of tbe nervousness in each individual case and give treatment appropriate to the particular case. To be sure, there are certain measures which are beneficial to all kinds of nervous patients. The cultivation of emotional control, pleasant occupation of mind, the taking of sufficient exer cise and getting plenty of fresh air will help any one who is nervous from any cause. And in many cases nothing more is needed to bring about a complete restoration to health. But there are many cases in which a cure is out of the question without skilled medical, surgical, or dental aid. For this reason it is well for every nervous patient to seek medical advice as to the proper treatment for nervousness. Don’t patronize “quacks.” Don't dose yourself with some nostrum. Go to a reputable physician, preferably a nerve specialist, and let him advise you. He may find —it is probable he will find—that all you need is a readjustment of your living hab its along mentally or physically hygienic lines. He may, however, find that your case is more complicated, that your nervousness is rooted in There is a school of writers who declare that we always get what we want, if we want it intense ly and persistently enough. I wonder if that is true. It can hardly be true literally, for the world is too full of frustrated de sires and disappointed folk. But perhaps it is not Intended to be taken as a mathematically exact statement, but rather as a sort of oriental form of emphasis upon a neglected and obscure law. It is an oriental trick to overstate a matter, even to the point of apparent absurdity, in order to pique the attention and make one think. Such are many of the sayings of Jesus, who was peculiarly eastern in his style; as, for instance, “Whosoever will save his life shall lose it,” "Sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor,” “So ought ye to wash one another's feet,” “If a man strike thee on one cheek turn the other also,” “If one compel you to go with him a mile, go with him twain,” and the like. No one but a hard, western, logical mind could imagine that these dicta were de signed to be accepted with servile literalness. The people to whom He spoke were oriental, were accus tomed to that form of teaching, and did not need to have it explained to them that these were strik ing and highly imaginative settings of truths that stated carefully and exactly would have been plat itudes. Bearing this in mind, we accept the creed that in the long run we get what we want. The successful people are the people with strong, dominating wants. The failures are those who have not the strength of soul to want anything hard enough, and long enough. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. —A few months ago a plate printer employed in the bureau of engrav ing and printing at Washington hurt his thumb. The Injury appeared slight and he neglected to have it attended to until a bone felon formed, which greatly interfered with his work. When he finally did seek medical attention it looked as if the entire tlfumb Would have to be amputated. Instead, however, at the suggestion of his physician, he entered the polyclinic hospital In Philadelphia, where his thumb was restored by a unique method. Unscientifically speaking, a piece of flesh was removed from the right side of his abdo men and molded into a new thumb, which for all prac tical purposes is as good as the old one. To be sure, there are a few things to be desired so far as the sculpture Is concerned, and the digit lacks a certain natural flexibility, but the important fact remains that the printer has a thumb with which to resume his work. • • • With surgery in this high stage of perfection, joy riding and the handling of high explosives begin to lose their terrors for us, and to suggest the possible means of changing certain facial characteristics that tend to mar our beauty: Many people are constantly Irritated by the shape of their noses, for instance, and if these could be mashed into a pulp and then sculp tored by the plastic surgeon at th® expense of a gen erous slice of double chin, the accident Insurance com panies would be compelled to go out of business. In order to protect these last brisk and up-to-date busi ness concerns from bankruptcy, however, it should be stated that the substituted anatomy is not always beautiful, and during the process of manufacture is something of a nuisance. • • • Thus the printer who was given a new thumb was to the unmedical mind the victim of a somewhat har rowing experience. First they cleansed his thumb thoroughly, then they made an incision in his abdomen near the appendix and attached the end of his thumb to the flesh with several stitches. Here it stayed for several days, until It had grown fast to his body, after which it was separated by the knife and the skin molded Into the thumb contour. The cavity left in the abdomen was taken care of by another skin-grafting operation. In the case of face wounds, however, this method is, of course, impossible, since, unfortunately, nature made no adequate provision for grafting the face on to anything but the neck. • • • Plastic surgery has been practiced more or less Indifferently throughout the ages. One occasionally reads of some learned Italian of the sixteenth century who was exceptionally skillful in building out cheeks and noses, and many remarkable tales have come from the beauty parlors. But plastic surgery today is sav ing the lives of half the wounded of Europe. Owing to the great amount of trench fighting which is taking place in this war, the majority cf the wounds are he.’d wounds, and the surgeons of Europe are daily per forming surgical feats in fact construction that are little less than miracles. Moreover, some of the greatest of these surgeons are Americans, so that If the war ever ceases we have a biK bunch of medical talent coming back to us. The American Ambulance hospital at Neuilly, France, is known throughout Europe for its expert surgery and for the lowest mortality rate of any hospital in any war. It is housed in large French school buildings which were just completed at the beginning of the war and is under the authority of the French govern ment but it is financed and run by Americans. The most difficult surgery cases are handled here. It has one of the most remarkable dental departments in the world; opera singers and portrait painters for orderlies, and a’ certain very famous woman portrait painter in charge of the hospital supplies, who is using her talent in the invention of mechanical appliances for the sur geons in making their operations. The surgeons themselves have ceased to be sur prised at their own ingenuity in reconstructing what is commonly termed in the war zone "cannon fodder.” One man was brought into the hospital not long ago with hardly any face left at all. His cheek had been* shattered by a piece of shrapnel four inches long and two inches wide, which in passing had fractured one jaw. dislocated his teeth and planted a few in his palate and had loosened both jaws. He was imme diately hustled into the dental department, where metal bands were made to support his jaws and a bridge-shaped bar extended from side to side, which also held a set of new teeth improvised by the dental WHAT NERVOUSNESS IS BI B. ADDINGTON BBUCB. YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT BY DR. FRANK CRAKE MAGIC OF THE KNIFE BY FREDERIC T. BASKIN. some organic trouble, or in some Unfavorable men tal state requiring expert psychological treatment for its correction- Among organic troubles most frequently re sponsible for nervousness, eye weakness, due to eye strain, has a prominent place. A pair of well fitting spectacles may be all that the nervous pa tient needs. Tooth decay also is responsible for much nervousness. Here trouble is caused both by dental irritation and by poisoning of the system by germg swallowed with food that hag been in contact with the decayed teeth. Anything that causes digestive disturbance may be a cause of nervousness, through mal-nutrition of the brain. Consequently diet may be an im portant factor in the cure of a nervous case. The physician will also inquire carefully into the condition of throat and nose. Many cases of nervousness, especially among children, are sym tomatic of throat or nose disorders. Nervousness may also originate from unsus pected muscular strains, as in the case of persons afflicted with flat foot. In fact, virtually any dis ordered bodily condition may give rise to nervous ness as a reflex symptom. Again, nervousness may be a symptom of seri ous brain disease or progressive disease of the spinal column. Happily for the peace of mind of nervous patients, it has this dread significance In only a small percentage of cases. Usually it is resultant from readily remediable physical or mental troubles, and particularly from unhygienic habits. But since it is important to learn just what its cause is, if you are nervous, act on my hint and consult an experienced physician. Don’t try to guesb its cause yourself. (Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Newspapers.) A human soul is a kind of electric force, at tracting, moulding, bending to itself all things with which it comes in contact If this force is feeble, it dissipates; if it is strong, it reaches its goal. So there is a sense in which it is true that the successful writer is simply the one who wants to write, and wants this so violently and continuously that he cannot be stopped; the man who attains wealth is the one that desires wealth always more than anything else; the great artist, musician, painter, inventor, politician, or what not, is the one in whom all lesser wants are fused Into one hot, undying flame for a particular object. The man who succeeds is the man who keeps, on; the man whp fails is the man who quits. It is easy to disprove this by many instances) yet it is deeply true none the less. Hence it is a good thing to select as the thing, we want most something that is worth sacrificing one’s life for. “For,” says Arthur Symons, "it may come true when we have no longer any use for it, when we J have gone on willing it out of habit, or so as noc to confess that we have failed. But it will comeJ So few people succeed greatly because so few peo ple can conceive a great end, and work towards that end without deviating or tiring. The man who works day and night for no matter what kind of material power, gets the power. It 1b the same 1 with the deeper, more spiritual issues which make for happines and every intangible success. It Is only the dreams of those light sleepers who dream faintly that do not seem true. < (Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane.} . . . . ' .J The Jourpal Information Bureau is prepared 1 to furnish reliable information in answer to 4 almost any question that you choose to ask. 1 You are invited to make free use of this service. 1 There is no charge of any sort except a two* cent stamp for return postage. Address THE I JOURNAL INFORMATION BUREAU, FRED- I ERIC J. HASKIN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, " D. C. laboratory. This work completed, he was taken to the j operating room and turned over to an American «ur-( geon, who connected the skin fom the upper and lower < part of his face and fashioned him a brand-new cheek. J This man now bears only the reminder of a small scar, | which does not detract at all from his appearance. •• • I A bullet hole in the forehead is a simple matter and| is immediately filled in by the same abdominal opera tion that was used in the case of the plate printer. It | is a curious scientific fact that only the man’s own flesh will suffice for an operation of this kind, or that! of his twin, so that there is not the trouble of ing material as is often the case with blood trans-> fusion. One young woman who visited the military i hospitals of Europe asserts that a protuberant lip is; sometimes made use of by the surgeons, and cites the) case of a soldier who gladly gave up part of his In * order to supply a portion of his nose which had been, shot off in battle. He is now able to sneeze with per-! feet equanimity. Another man brought into the American Ambulance, hospital had a fractured jaw and an ugly void wherei there should have been a chin. After much painstak-! ing work, the surgeon was able to rebuild this man’s face out of chaos. The dental department first at-; tended to his jaws, and then, the wound clean, the surgeon succeeded in drawing the man’s lips up and In: stretching and molding his cheeks so as to form a parti of his chin, the other part being formed by the new* skin which grew up from his lower jaw. This xnan, of course", will always have a marred face but if it had, not been for the skill of the surgeon he would prob-' ably not have any at all. Plastic surgery is not the only kind of surgery that; has developed in the European war. The wounded have poured Into the military hospitals throughout Europe,, crowding the wards and straining the equipment to the utmost. Surgeons have been known to operate on as many as 300 patients in four days, yet the majority ofj these are major operations—and, what is more impor-j tant, a majority of them pull through. A common case, for instance, is that of a man who has been wounded in the leg and a nerve thereby severed, which causes instant paralysis. Under these circumstances, tho military surgeon sews the pieces of the nerve together! and the man is again able to walk. Also, there have been several successful operations In which the sur geon has removed a bullet from the heart, or extracted masses of decayed brains resulting from head wounds. Indeed, in almost every case where surgery is pos sible at all it has been amazingly successful. The great trouble lies in the fact that often the men are four and five days in transportation between the battle field and the hospital, which usually allows tetanus or gangrene to set in and work their havoc. Frozen, hands and feet are also one of the great afflictions of the war and are rarely curable by anything but ampu tation, although they are now treating them with hot electrical current. During the winter there are thou sands of these cases. / While the American hospitals In Europe are pri marily for the wounded, they make also for the ad vance of medical science. The American Ambulance, for example, has invited several American universities, including the Western Reserve university, of Cleve land; Harvard university, Johns Hopkins and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Chicago to send over representatives to work in the hospital for periods of three months at a time. Thus ,we are constantly receiving a new influx of ideas with the return of our young surgeons, who, in attending the military hos pitals of Europe, get more practical experience in a month than they would in this country In a year. Already our citizens are keeping their Injured thumbs, and our victims of accidents are having their beauty preserved, so that our future American surgery, like that of Europe, will doubtless be increasingly construc tive as a result of the war.
