Concussion, brain.. Contusion... Crushing... Dermatitis from traumatism.... 1,227 Abscess.. Eye and annexa traumatisms.. Fracture, compound.. Fracture, comminuted.. Gunshot wound. Hemorrhage and results. Poisoning, other acute I. TABLE NO. 145.-External agents producing traumatisms, enlisted men in United States, 1917-Continued. 'TABLE NO. 145.-External agents producing traumatisms, enlisted men in United States, 1917-Continued. G. 1. CHIEF SURGEON'S OFFICE, A. E. F. ACTIVITIES OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 1. GENERAL REMARKS. It is interesting to note that, even before the staff of the commandng general arrived in France there were already there six fully equiped base hospitals. These hospitals were then at work. At the nnual meeting of the American Red Cross in December, 1915, two reat divisions were made in this work. First, the Department of filitary Relief and, second, the Department of Civilian Relief. Col. efferson R. Kean, Medical Corps, United States Army, was selected s the first Director General of Military Relief. He conceived the dea of organizing complete base hospital units. His subsequent lans were approved by the Surgeon General and the formation of American Red Cross Base Hospital units was begun. Before the nited States entered the war, not less than 39 of these base hospitals ere organized. The full number authorized by the War Departhent was 50. These were completed during the summer of 1917. ach of them consisted of officers, nurses, and men, all pledged to nter the military service if called in event of war. In addition there were also organized hospital units, ambulance ompanies, and surgical sections, emergency nursing detachments, nd sanitary trains. The hospital units were organized to give an utlet to the desire for service on the part of many medical schools hich were not of sufficient size to provide the necessary personnel or a complete base hospital. These hospital units were about onealf the size of the base hospitals and were planned for 250 beds. hey have since proved of great value in manning camp hospitals in he American Expeditionary Force where the larger unit was not equired. All the 17 ambulance companies organized prior to the ntry of our country into the war have been incorporated into the rmy Ambulance Service. Surgical sections were also organized, a onsiderable number of which have been called for active service. At the request of the British and French mission, the War Departent called upon the American Red Cross to furnish six base hospitals ›r immediate shipment to France to serve with the British Expedionary Force. Between May 8 and 25, 1917, the six organizations iled. These organizations were as follows: ase Hospital No. 4, Cleveland, Ohio. ase Hospital No. 5, Boston, Mass., Harvard unit. Ase Hospital No. 2. Presbyterian Hospital. New York City. se Hospital No. 10, University of Pennsylvania. ase Hospital No. 21, St. Louis, Mo. ase Hospital No. 12, Northwestern University, Chicago. A Regular Army medical officer was placed in command with a egular Army medical officer as adjutant. There was also a small cleus of from 4 to 15 enlisted men of the Regular Medical Service. 265 |