The Military Surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Volume 44The Association, 1919 |
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Page 523 - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Page 294 - As it is proposed to establish in Washington an Army Medical Museum, medical officers are directed diligently to collect and to forward to the office of the Surgeon-General, all specimens of morbid anatomy, surgical or medical, which may be regarded as valuable ; together with projectiles and foreign bodies removed, and such other matters as may prove of interest in the study of military medicine or surgery.
Page 523 - Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high!
Page 605 - I have eaten your bread and salt, I have drunk your water and wine; The deaths ye died I have watched beside, And the lives that ye led were mine. Was there aught that I did not share In vigil or toil or ease,— One joy or woe that I did not know, Dear hearts across the seas?
Page 540 - BOOKS RECEIVED Books received are acknowledged In this department, and such acknowledgment must be regarded as a sufficient return for the courtesy of the sender. Selections will be made for review in the interests of our readers and as space permits.
Page 409 - That during the existing emergency first lieutenants in the Medical Corps of the Regular Army and of the National Guard shall be eligible to promotion as captain upon such examination as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Page 636 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 455 - ... when the system has once been thoroughly established and the personnel trained, the survey of a new area can be carried out with increasingly greater speed. When the Army is engaged in active combat it is best to exclude from the above scheme of organization a strip of territory about 4 kilometers deep, immediately behind the trench lines. This area is subjected to shellfire, and any kind of constructive activity of a permanent nature is rendered difficult. In this area it is best to leave sanitary...
Page 45 - ... becoming a menace to others, the establishment of free clinics for the treatment of venereal diseases, and the elimination of conditions favorable to the spread of venereal infections.
Page 193 - ... branch of the profession, and who also, in time of war, must face much the same risks, often exactly the same risks, that are faced by their brothers in arms whose trade is to kill and not to cure. It has been my good fortune, gentlemen, to see some of your body at work in the field, to see them carrying the wounded and the dying from the...