. The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908 . end of October 1905 ™ 1,327 541 341 KUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. In addition to these, about 20,000 light cases belonging toother divisions were landed at Osaka, and sent direct to theirown divisional reserve hospitals. The large number of transfersto other hospitals also indicates the number of cases belongingto other divisions temporarily treated at Osaka until fit tocontinue their journey. The above figures give a mortality amongst ad
. The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908 . end of October 1905 ™ 1,327 541 341 KUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. In addition to these, about 20,000 light cases belonging toother divisions were landed at Osaka, and sent direct to theirown divisional reserve hospitals. The large number of transfersto other hospitals also indicates the number of cases belongingto other divisions temporarily treated at Osaka until fit tocontinue their journey. The above figures give a mortality amongst admissionsfrom the field army of *8 per cent., and a recovery rate of39 * 6 per cent. Amongst the admissions were 25 cases of enteric fever with14 deaths, 17,726 of beri-beri with 219 deaths, and 74 ofdysentery with 4 deaths. The Reserve Hospital at Hiroshima. The reserve hospital at Hiroshima consisted of thefollowing sections, with ordinary and emergent accommodationas shown : — Name of Section. OrdinaryAccommodation. EmergentAccommodation. a) Head-Quarters Section b) Motomachi c) Koshomachi d) Sendamachi e) Eba /) Hakushimag) Minamih) Takaya - Total beds -. 3551,5146805601,5151,5134,1012,262 12,500 The Head-Quarters Section was for severe cases only, bothmedical and surgical, but mainly for the latter. Practically allthe important operations were performed in it; the only othersections in which operations were performed being Takaya,Motomachi, and a small hospital not mentioned in the list ofsections. It had two fine operating-rooms, and a magnificentlyequipped establishment for Roentgen ray work, with ortho-diagraph, a Schomberg compression tube for abdominalskiagrams, electrolytic interrupters, and coil capable of givinga 23-inch spark. There was also a complete equipment forelectro-therapeutics. The officer in charge of the surgical workand chief-operating surgeon was Surgeon-Captain Tanaka, whowas the Japanese medical attache with our army during theSouth African war.
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