Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
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Credit: Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that can, without inconvenience, be subjected to the same kind of ali¬ mentation, with the possibility of adding to those regimes whose nutri¬ ment value is insufficient, and following the needs of the patient, special foods of determined quality and quantity. For the diseases whose needs vary from day to day a physician will prescribe the necessary changes. As to the alimentation of the sick and wounded in time of wary there is little to be said. Conditions at the front impose serious limita¬ tions. Nevertheless, one ought at least in the advanced lines to make every effort to realize the minimum conditions of the alimentation of the sick and wounded, and as soon as possible transport them to hospitals in the rear where they can receive better alimentation. Those convalescents who are able to leave hospitals and those who need treatment for sequelae ought to be transported to institutions for con¬ valescents which have more abundant and easy means of alimentation. The dietary systems that we have studied, for the alimentation of the sick and wounded, in time of peace, as during war, are still far from representing the ideal. In this field science has not yet said its last word and neither technique nor organization has reached the degree of success that excludes the possibility of future progress. There will still be changes based upon the study of the evolution of the physiology of nutrition and upon improvements in the field of medicine, as well as other changes, based upon progress in matters of organization and in means of supplying food stuffs. COMMUNICATIONS FIRST QUESTION “Organization and Functioning of the Medical Service in Combined Military and Naval Operations Estonia.—The representative of the Estonian Army in an abbrevi¬ ated summary stated that the organization of the Estonian Medical Service in combined military and naval operations requires the col¬ laboration of the Physician-in-Chief of the great army unit with the Physician-in-Chief of the naval forces, following the instructions of the Chief of the Bureau of Evacuation of the Army Medical Service, who at need will coordinate their plans of action. Sabrie (France).—Medical Commandant Sabrie of the French Army, presented a detailed skeleton outline of the equipment and methods of procedure of the French army and navy in combined operations.