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HAS LARGEST MEDICAL PRACTICE
IN WORLD AND ISN'T A DOCTOR
He Is Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and He Has
641,000 Patients Out of a Potential Clientele of 5,000,(XXV-
Has 10,000 Sick People in Hospital—His “Practice”
Includes Both Men and Women.
Who has the largest medical prao
tiee In the world? Unless one has kept
accurately abreast of the times It
•would prove exceedingly difficult to an
swer this question, but he who has
641,000 patients drawn from a poten
tial clientele of over 5,000,000 und con
stantly over 10,000 sick people In hos
pital, must certainly be considered as
having an exceedingly flourishing prac
tice.
• Oddly enough the man who Is re
sponsible for this practice Is not the
doctor. He Is the director of the. bu
reau of war risk Insurance, Col. It. G.
Cholmeloy-Jones, who has been made
responsible for the conduct of these
operations by a series of exceedingly
broad-minded and generous acts which
have been passed In connection with
the rehabilitation of the human flot
sam and jetsam of the war with Ger
many. His “practice" Includes both
men and women. It embraces 40,000
cases of tuberculosis, more than 70,000
cases of nervous and mental disease,
40,000 cases of disease of the eye, 79,-
000 ailments of the ear and a large
group of surgical cases drawn from
the 200,000 wounds received in the
war, some 45,000 cases of men who
were discharged on account of some
surgical disability and some 30,000 men
rejected at the mobilization camps for
ailments of a surgical nature. The
benefits which this vast number may
receive Include hospital and “out pa
tient” treatment and all necessary
prosthetic devices, such as artificial
eyes, eyeglasses, braces, crutches,
wheel chairs and artificial limbs.
Entitled to Benefit*.
The which congress has pro
vided extend not only to men or wom
en who actually serrcd with the armed
forces of the United States, hut also
to those who were accepted by draft
boards and dispatched to mobilization
camps, ninny of whom Incurred dis
ease or Injury while en' route or while
awaiting acceptance by the military
authorities.
In addition to this huge medical
practice, the chief medical advisor of
the bureau of war risk Insurance, who
Is responsible to Colonel Cholmeley-
Jones for the performance of these
functions, is charged with the duty of
determining the degree of disability
which the patients of this huge prac
tice have received while in the serv
ice of their country. He is, In addi
tion, the chief medical advisor of the
largest Insurance company in the
world and must perform the usual
functions in connection with physical
examinations and medical proofs of
death. In order that'his day’s work
may be well rounded out, the chief
medical advisor Is also the medical of
licer to the 10.000 employees of the
bureau of war risk insurance; and Just
as the stop-gap, lest time hang heavy
on his bands, he Is also the sanitary
officer in order that this small army
of workers may be kept In perfect
health and do their work under favor
uble sanitary conditions.
Despite its large size this is a con
stantly growing practice, and there are
times when the facilities for the cnre
and treatment of its patients have
been crowded to the utmost Since
August 1, 1018, the number of patients
in hospital has more thnn doubled. On
that date there were 4,500 beds occu
pied by war risk Insurance patients.
On January 12. 1920. there were 10,229
beds so occupied. Of that number
there were 3,654 cnses of tuberculosis,
3.410 nervous and mental cases and
3,159 general cases. The public health
service, which is the field medical or
ganization of the war risk insurance
bureau, has 5,458 In hospital, and vari
ous civil institutions are carrying some
4,771.
Artificial Limbs Supplied.
An Index of the scale on which the
furnishing of prosthetic devices is car
ried out Is given by the fact that on
the latter date mentioned above, 2,914
artificial limbs had been supplied. Of
these, 1,784 are permanent artificial
legs and 1,130 permanent artificial
arms. There were some 3,800 major
amputations during the war, of which
2,280 were of the lower limb and 1,520
of the arm. The SBO mutlles remain
ing will receive permanent artificial
limbs as soon as their amputation
stumps have reached such a condition
that a well fitting and comfortable ap
paratus can be supplied.
To carry on the operations men
tioned above the public health service
has assigned 00 medical otficers to the
bureau of war risk insurance and
sotn'e 300 more to the various hospitals
and offices In the field. It has expand
ed its hospital bed capacity from less
than 1,200 to mote than B.IKK), and In
a communication recently transmitted
to congress by the secretary of the
treasury it Is estimated that at least
81,000 beds will be constantly neces
sary to care for the men and women
who have acquired an Illness or re
ceived an Injury In che great war. A
large proportion of the war risk pa
tients can be returned to health and
usefulness. A certain number will re
quire prolonged hosiptnlization in or
der that a cure may he effected; a cer
tain number may be brought to such a
condition of mental and bodily health
that, after training by the federal
board for vocational education, * they
will be able to pursue a substantially
gainful vocation. Some, unfortunate
ly, will be doomed to a life of chronic
Invalidism, while in a certain propor
tion of the cases neither recovery nor
improvement may be hoped for and
they will be translated into the peace
of the great beyond.
Kindly Humanity Pervades.
The spirit of broad-minded, kindly)
humanity pervades the conduct of the'
glguntlc medical operations described
above. The United States Is divided
Into 14 districts, each with a medical
officer of the United States public
health sendee In charge, he having as
assistants a corps of expert specialists
ns consultants. There are neuro-psy
chiatrists to care for those suffering
from nervous and mental disease.
There are general surgeons, oro-fucial
surgeons, neuro-surgeons and orthoped
ists. There are highly specialized
clinicians to make the physical exam
inations, as an nld to which the serv
ice of X-ray experts, bacteriologists
and other laboratory specialists are
employed. There are special sanatoria
for the tuberculous, a separate colony
for the epileptics, hospitals for the In
sane and special psychopathic Institu
tions for the reception of the sufferers
from lesser mental ailments. The bu
reau of war risk Insurance maintains
a corps of designated examiners of
more than 1,000 ex-medical officers of
the army and navy, operating on a fee
basis and so placed geographically
that the clnlmant will be obliged to
travel the minimum distance from his
home In order to receive medical ex
amination or treatment.
An Intimate linsion Is maintained
with the surgeon general of the army
and navy so that upon the discharge
of a soldier, sailor or marine requiring
further treatment he may be immedi
ately transferred to nn institution for
the treatment of war risk insurance
patients. The various military and
naval hospitals throughout the Uni
ted States are visited from time to
time by special boards of medical offi
cers from the bureau of war risk in
surance to examine men who liold war
risk insurance policies and who are
believed to have become permanently
and totally disabled. It may he ex
plained in passing that in such cases
the insurance policy issued by the
bureau of war risk insurance matures
from the date of the total and perma
nent disability, and frequently this
means that such persons receive Imme
diately a not Inconsiderable sum of
money from the bureau of war risk In
surance at the rate of $5.75 per SI,OOO
of insurance held. This action is taken
irrespective of the insured’s continu
ance in or discharge from the military
service.
BIG ALLIGATOR CAUGHT
Animal Kept His Mouth Open and
That Was His Undoing.
W. K. Hurst, who is wintering In Bt.
Petersburg, Fla., recently assisted in
the capture of a 21-foot alligator.
“One was discovered in a shallow
hnvou, not more than 35 feet from
bank to bank,” he said, describing the
capture. “Nine men took sufficient
ropes and a powerful truck, and went
after him.
"The surroundings were a veritable
Jungle. All that could be seen of him
was about one-half, from the tall up,
the balance of the body was sub
merged.
“Arriving on the bank, one man took
a long bamboo pole nnd poked Mr. Al
ligator In the head, when up came that
member with the Jaws wide open. An
other man threw a noose over the up
per Jaw, and made a fine catch.
“Then all hands grabbed the rope
nnd the anlmnl began to struggle for
dear life. He rolled over and over,
threshing the mud and water In all
directions.
“When opportunity offered, another
noose was thbown over the lower Jaw,
making a scissors lock hold. They kept
him turning and rolling until he was
perfectly helpless.
“He measured 21 feet.”
TO TELL “WHITE FATHER”
Klamath Indiahs on Reservation In
Need of Money.
Ike Jackson, a Klamath Reservation
Indian, was at Redding, Cal., after
visiting every Pitt Indian in Modoc,
Lassen, Plumas nnd Shasta counties
for the purpose of ascertaining their
needs, and says he is going to Wash
ington "to tell the Great White Fa
ther that we want the government to
help the needy nnd starving Indian.”
He will be accompanied by Chnries
Green as Interpreter.
Jackson declares the Indians on
government allotments are not able to
make their own living and that the
government does not help them. He
says the government agent refers
needy Indians to the county super
visors, who refer them back to the
government agent.
He says the Indians have lots of
money In Washington ns the result of
sales of timber and grazing lands, but
that this money does not do the hun
gry Indians in the four counties any
good.
THIS WINDER NHWB, WINDER, QA.THURSDAY, APRIL 1, lOSa
VETERANS HOLD POST •
AT DOOR OF HOUSE
Visitors who throng the gullery at
the house of representatives, if they
only knew, could find a bit of “human
Interest" In two messengers at the gul
lery door. These are John Rowe, vet
eran of the Mexican war and Ex-
Sergt. Emett Scott, n hero of St
Mlhlel. I
Mr. John Rowe for forty years has
held the posrt of messenger at the gal
lery door of the house. Mr. Rowe en
tered the United States army Novem
ber 10, 1845. At the battle of Vera
Cruz In 1847, he had his hand blown
off In an artillery bombardment. Now,
at the age of eighty-five he Is in splen
did health and fully expects to remain
at his post at the capitol for many
years to come. Ex-Sergt. Emett Scott
since last November has been a door
messenger at the gallery of the house,
while In his spare hours he is busy
studying law for his future Work. Mr.
Scott served two and one-half years In
the world war witfi the Fifty-fourth
ammunition train. In September, 1918,
he was seriously wounded in the leg
by a high explosive shell at the battle
of St. Mihiel. This picture shows the
veterans at their post outside the gal
lery door.
Corset a Relic.
A corset worn by Mrs. James Wil
son, whose husband was one of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and which had been handed
down to the youngest child of each
generation, has fallen into the posses
sion of Mrs. James Wilson of Mar
shall, Mich.
TIME TO BE WISE
Yes; I write verses now anrl then,
But blunt and llaccid Is my pen,
No longer talked of by young men
As rather clever;
In the last quarter are my eyes,
You see It in their form and size;
Is it not time then to be wise?
Or notv or never.
Fairest that ever sprang from Eve!
When Time allows the short reprieve.
Just look at me! would you believe
’Twas once a lover?
I cannot clear the five-bar gate;
But. trying first Its timber's state,
Climb stiffly up. take breath, and wait
To trundle over.
Through gallopade T cannot.swing
The entangling blooms of Beauty’s spring;
I cannot say the tender thing,
* Be’t true or false.
And am beginning to opine
Those girls are only half divine
Whose waists you wicked ooys entwine
In giddy waltz.
I fear that arm above that shoulder;
I wish them wiser, graver, older,
Sedater. and no harm If colder,
And panting less.
Ah! people were not half so wild
In former days when starchly mild,
Upon her high-heeled Essex smiled
The brave Queen Bess.
—Walter Savags Lander.
Arabian Inventor Said to
Have Been First to Devise
Airplane and Make Flight
Abbas Ben Farnas, an Arabian in
ventor, it is said, was the first human
being to invent and fly an airplane. He
died as a result of bis first flight in the
year 783 A. D„ during the reign of the
Caliph Haroun al Raschid, histi*y
records.
Abbas is supposed to have con
ceived the idea of effecting mechan
ical flight as a means of approaching
the heavens and aiding astronomical
observations, from historical docu
ments still in existence in Bagdad.
With the consent and assistance of the
Cnliph he .set to work to construct a
machine in the likeness of a bird, with
a clockwork motor to actuate the
wings.
In the presence of a great multitude
Abbas actually effected a flight which
lasted several seconds, but in landing
his machine was wrecked, and the in
ventor was hurled headlong against a
tree and killed instantly. The secret
of the construction of the first airplane
died with the Inventor. The Caliph al
Raschid offered huge inducements to
other eminent scientists to pursue the
study of aviation, but none was found
with sufficient genius to repeat the pio
neer flyer’s exploit.
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There ts more Catarrh In this section of
the country.than all other diseases put
together, and until, the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced It a
local disease and prescribed local reme
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced It Incr.i
able. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment. Hall s
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Cos., Toledo, Ohio. Is the onlv
Constitutional cure on the market. It It
taken Internally. It acts directly on tlie
blood and mucous stufnees of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
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