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On July 29th, Veterans for Peace-111 and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center brought anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to Bellingham. I attended her talk, and sat down for a private interview with her a few days later.

I wrote the following article on the talk and our interview. It appeared in abridged form in the August 12th, 2009 issue of Bellingham's 'Cascadia Weekly.'

Read the full article below or check out Cascadia's version here:

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Cindy Sheehan Wages A War on War

By Alexander Kelly

Cindy Sheehan knows the sufferings of a mother.

For more than two centuries, millions of mothers have watched their children leave home to serve in the United States military. Like Casey, Sheehan’s son, they were recruited, trained and shipped in the thousands near and abroad to serve some known or obscured U.S. interest.

In our culture, we expect the mothers of these soldiers to feel proud of their children’s service and show unwavering support for the fulfillment of their duty. While a large number of them do, pride is hardly alone among the emotions dominating their hearts. Fear, anxiety and helplessness also grip them. For Cindy Sheehan, it was enough to keep her up at night.

Cindy is the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan, an American soldier who served in the Iraq War. On April 4th, 2004, Cindy’s worst nightmare came true. While watching television that evening, CNN reported that Casey and seven others had been killed during an effort to rescue American troops. Casey’s death led his mother on a mission to understand what motives brought us to the war in Iraq, what is keeping us there, and a realization of the deep meaning of her son’s service and sacrifice. She became a warrior against war and an advocate for a peaceful U.S. foreign policy.

Five years and three months later, American forces still occupy Iraq, and Cindy Sheehan still hasn’t given up. Late last month, Veterans for Peace Chapter 111 and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center’s Executive Director, Marie Marchand, brought Sheehan to Bellingham. On a hot July day, 200 people came to hear her speak at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church.

The evening marked the final stop of a four-month tour. Last April, Cindy set off to promote the message of her latest book, Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution. The result of four years of tireless activism, Myth America represents Cindy’s effort to identify and plainly convey ten established premises that allow American imperialism to persist unchallenged. Our culture’s blind acceptance of these myths killed her son, Sheehan says, and if we fail to expose and do away with them, untold more American youths will be lost to an early and unnecessary death.

Prior to the loss of her son, Sheehan was not an anti-war activist. After Casey was killed, she began speaking out against the war, but didn’t become the focus of national media attention until she sought to confront George Bush himself. Sheehan recalls the exact moment.

Unable to sleep, she was sitting at her computer at three in the morning on August 3rd, 2005. While sharing her grief via email to a list of 300 supporters, the voice of the man who killed her son came over the radio. “I want to tell you his exact words,” Sheehan told the Bellingham audience. “’The families of the fallen can rest assured their loved ones died for a noble cause.’”

Bush’s statement came three months after the Downing Street Memo was leaked to the British media. Practically ignored by mainstream American press, the document contained the details of a discussion between senior officials of the British government. Included was a statement made by Richard Dearlove, then the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. Dearlove related Bush’s intent to justify an American invasion of Iraq on the basis of unconfirmed intelligence regarding possession of nuclear weapons and ties to terrorist groups. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw confirmed the president had already decided to take military action, but making a legal case for the invasion was difficult.

With full knowledge of the memo, Bush’s comment devastated Sheehan. “Not only were they [Casey and the others] tragically killed, but George Bush came on and said they died for a noble cause,” she typed to her readers.

When the press failed to inquire exactly what the soldiers died for, Cindy decided it was her turn to ask questions. “The press didn’t ask him what was the noble cause,” she continued typing. “What’s wrong with me? I have a voice.” Three days and 1800 miles later, Sheehan found herself setting up camp along with six others in Crawford, TX, three miles away from George Bush’s vacation ranch.

Sheehan’s modest protest exploded into the most publicized anti-war demonstration the country had seen since the beginning of the Iraq war. Cindy admits she didn’t expect Camp Casey to become so significant. The protest drew international media attention, attracting 15,000 Americans during its 26 days, and for a brief moment, succeeded in uniting America’s anti-war movement.

Though Bush brought his vacation in Crawford to an early end without answering her questions, Cindy knows why her son was sacrificed in Iraq. In an interview with Veterans for Peace, she asked, “Was it freedom and democracy? Bullshit! He died for oil. He died to make your friends richer. He died to expand American imperialism in the Middle East.”

Sheehan was pleased with the national discussion Camp Casey stirred up, but it did not bring peace in Iraq. It also failed to move in the direction Sheehan began to hope for. Cindy intended to rally the country to bring an end to the Iraq war. Instead, she felt the movement was taken advantage of by political opportunists.

“Unfortunately, I believe that the energy of the movement, the Camp Casey and the anti-war movement, was co-opted and misused by democrats and organizations that support democrats,” she declared.

Before Camp Casey, Sheehan worked with Progressive Democrats of America. Over time, she began to sense they were using the anti-war movement for their own benefit. After Casey’s death, when John Kerry ran for president in 2004, Sheehan held her nose while she gave him her vote, knowing well enough that he was not an anti-war candidate.

Her faith in the Democratic Party suffered another blow when Kerry conceded to the suspicious voting outcome in Ohio. She recalls the hopeless situation of the Green and Libertarian candidates demanding a recount themselves. “They had no hope of coming out on top, but they thought that with a democracy, every vote should count,” she explains.

Eventually, Sheehan began speaking out against Democrats who did not support a platform focused on ending the Iraq war.

After countless beatings from the left in the media and on liberal blogs, in 2007, Cindy left the Democratic Party. When the results of the 2008 Presidential election were in, Cindy was surprised at the flood of congratulatory emails and phone calls she received. The show of support made her feel misunderstood.

Cindy lamented, “I never did this to get democrats elected. I did it to end the occupations and now those haven’t ended, and the fact that they’re getting worse is very frustrating to me. Many people have fallen back to sleep thinking that a regime change means anything different is going to happen.”

The realization that a Democratic candidate does not equal an anti-war candidate occurred slowly in Sheehan over the last few years. In her newest book she argues against the conventional lines that divide our society. The divisions between race, religion, geography and two-party politics, are illusions, Sheehan writes. They serve the elite by having the convenient effect of distracting us from the only division that really matters.

“The only relevant division in this country is the class division. All other divisions are artificial and imposed upon us by the robber class to divide and conquer,” Cindy says. “We in the robbed class have way more in common with each other than we do that separates us.”

“It’s not about the person in charge,” Sheehan says. “It’s not about Republicans, its not about Democrats, it’s not about George Bush, it’s not about Barack Obama. It’s the system that we battle against. So if we change regimes, it doesn’t mean that we stop.”

Wall Street, the corporate media, the current form of U.S. Government. Sheehan tells the audience that all of these are part of the robber class. They exist to make a profit, Sheehan says, no matter the cost to the rest of us. Whether they admit it or not, they would sooner send the rest of us to our deaths than give up an opportunity for profit. “After Casey was killed, I used to think that profit was a consequence of war,” Cindy confesses. “But now I know it’s a reason for war. It doesn’t really matter if Goldman Sachs candidate A wins or Goldman Sachs candidate B wins.”

Sheehan’s revolution is not a violent one. She wants to free us from the oppressive grip of the Robber Class. She asks people to focus on their local communities. “That’s where we have the greatest success,” she pleads. With half-closed fists, she invokes the old adage, ‘Think Globally. Act Locally.” Major positive change never occurs from the top down in this country, she says. “It only happens in a grass roots movement that pulls the Robber Class to us.”

Before the talk began, Cindy announced that the following day, she would return home to exercise and devote herself to her children and grandchildren. She will also continue to produce her radio show, Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox, and focus her efforts on a new set of myths, tentatively titled Myth America 2. Apparently, Cindy Sheehan does not surrender.

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Epilogue

The talk began shortly after 7 P.M. I arrived at 6:15 with my friend Chris Crow, who photographed the event. For thirty minutes, we canvassed the church, guessing at the light and looking for the best angles for photographs of the talk. At around 6:30, Katelyn showed up, followed by three good activist friends of mine.

A few minutes before Cindy was introduced, I fiddled in my chair, joining a discussion of nonsense and commenting on the crowd of ‘usual suspects’ that regularly gathers for ‘peace’ events. After a few moments, Cindy appeared.

She is a blonde woman, of slightly taller-than-average height and is smiling as she enters the room. The crowd applauds and smiles back. She walks not with airs of importance or distinction, but as a simple woman ready to tell the story about the death of her son; the moment that changed her life.

As she speaks, she doesn’t bother with note cards, and she is unafraid to embark on the occasional meandering tangent. Though she has done this numerous times, there is something authentic, seemingly unrehearsed about this. She has acquired more than her share of anecdotes over her last four years of dealing with media, politicians and groups like ours.

As the talk comes to a close, the audience rises for applause. At that moment, there is a sense of adoration among the crowd. It was as if we were all waiting for her to finish talking in order to shower her with our support. Seated in the front row, I risk a glance behind me, and for a moment, even in the July heat, I feel a brief chill. Quickly, I count the number of people in the crowd under the age of 30.

Ten or so, it seems.

In a community of 75,000, known nationwide for its progressive politics, literally a handful of young adults came to hear a peace activist speak. As I recall Casey Sheehan’s final age, just weeks away from 25, I become terrified by what I see. Or what I do not see.

In a culture where powerful forces, in all media, work to seduce our sons and daughters into believing it is honorable to fight and die for whatever reasons our leaders allege, how can we hope to reach the audience who needs it most? If my generation is not available to hear the message, how may we hope to save our country from the devastating consequences of the decisions made by its unscrupulous leaders?

I cannot help but wonder – did Casey Sheehan ever hear someone with his mother’s conviction speak?

I did.

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Vol. 10, No. 1 January 1916 PREFACE .. .... vii SPECIAL ARTICLES: A TECHNIC FOR THE ABS0RPTION TEST FOR SYPHILIS, USING HUMAN COMPLEMENT. By Surgeon C. S. Butler and Hospital Apprentice, First Class, W. P. Landon.......... ....... ......... ...... l THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS; AS IT RELATES TO THE SERVICE AND TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT LAS ANIMAS, COLO. By Medical Director G. H. Barber...................... . ..... ... ... 9 STUDIES PERTAINING TO LIGHT ON SHIPBOARD. By Surgeon T. W. Richards . . ..... 19 MILITARY ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT IN THE PRESENT WAR. By Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy......... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 34 CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL DISEASES. By Passed Assistant Surgeon R. Sheehan......... . 61 SECOND REPORT ON THE SCHIER TEST FOR MENTALITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE POINT SYSTEM. By Passed Assistant Surgeon G. E. Thomas .. .•..... . . .. . . . . ..... 88 THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURED MANDIBLES. By Acting Assistant Dental Surgeon F. L. Morey.... .... . ...... . . 70 DIVING OPERATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALVAGE OF THE U.S.S. "F-4." By Passed Assistant Surgeon G. R. W. French. ........... ...... ..... 74 REPORT ON THE RECOVERY, IDENTIFICATION, AND DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF THE CREW OF THE "F-4." By Surgeon W. Seaman....... .. .. .. . ... ...... . ..... .. . . .......... . 91 UNITED STATES NAVAL MEDICAL SCHOOL LABORATORIES: ADDITIONS TO THE PATHOLOGICAL COLLECTION.... ..... 97 ADDITIONS TO THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL COLLECTION.... .... 97 SUGGESTED DEVICES: A SIMPLE TEST OF STERILIZER EFFICIENCY. By Surgeon Edgar Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 99 A HANDY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE FOR THE SICK BAY. By Surgeon A. Farenholt.. .......... .............. ...... ........... 100 DESCRIPTION OF A HORIZONTAL FLUOROSCOPE AND AN ILLUMINATING BOX MADE IN A NAVAL HOSPITAL. By Hospital Steward H. L. Gall...... . ..... . . . ..... ............... 101 CLINICAL NOTES: CREEPING ERUPTION. REPORT OF A CASE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon J. C. Parham ........ .... 103 A SPORADIC CASE OF TYPHUS FEVER. By Passed Assistant Surgeon R. G. Davis..... . ................ . .... 104 A BRANCHIOGENIC CYST. By Passed Assistant Surgeon L. W. Johnson... ....... . . .. . . . . ...... 106 BILATERAL THROMBOSIS OF CENTRAL RETINAL VEINS. By Assistant Surgeon S. Walker, jr., Medical Reserve Corps . . . . . . . . . 106 INTERNAL HERNIA. REPORT OF A CASE. By Assistant Surgeon W. C. Espach.......... ... ............ ..... ... 108 REPORT OF A CASE OF PSORIASIS LIMITED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TO THE SCALP. By Acting Assistant Surgeon J. H. Harris.. . . . ... .. ........ . .... ... . . .. 109 EDITORIAL COMMENT: PROGRESS OF THE WAR.. ... . ....... . ............. . .. .. ... . ........... 113 PROGRESS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: GENERAL MEDICINE - The recruit's heart. By E. R. Stitt. Report of cerebrospinal fever in the Royal Navy. Roentgen-ray treatment of leukemia. Chronic lead poisoning in guinea-pigs; with special reference to nephritis, cirrhosis, and polyserositis. Prolonged fasting in diabetes. Proper dosage of antitoxin in diphtheria. By E. Thompson and E. L. Woods.. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . 121 MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES - Clinical lecture on the psychoneuroses of war. By H. Butts. Constructive delusions. Some observations on heroin habitues. A proper classification of borderline mental cases amongst offenders. The feebly inhibited; violent temper and its inheritance. By R. Sheehan....... . ............................. . . 127 SURGERY - Renal pain: Diagnostic and clinical significance. Fulguration in the treatment of bladder tumors. Some details in the surgical treatment of tumor of the bladder. By H. W. Cole. Wound infections. byy L. W. Johnson. On the prevention of "frostbite" and other effects of cold. By C. N. Fiske. Operative treatment of bad results after fracture. End results of bone fractures. A review of the literature of fractures. The clinical status of the autograft. Mesenteric thrombosis. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E. H. H. Old .. . .. ... .. . . ...... . ..........132 HYGIENE AND SANITATION - Hygienic interpretation of recent changes in the field rations and their preparation. by E. W. Brown. Recent additions to the conception of a normal diet. Removing diphtheria bacilli with kaolin. By C. N. Fiske. .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . . ........ . . .. ..... 149 TROPICAL MEDICINE - Bilharzia in Cuba. By L.. W. Johnson. Pellagra a curable diseaese. By E . Thompson. Pellagra. Causation and treatment of pellagra. The occurrence of sprue in the United States. By E. R. Stitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 PATHOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY, AND ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY - Hibernation and the pituitary body. The occurrence of carriers of disease-producing types of pneumococcus. by G. F. Clark. The mode of injection and etiology of epidemic poliomyelitis. by C. N. Fiske. Observations on the proteolytic enzyme of bacillus proteus. Comparative efficacy of benzin and anisol for the destruction of parasites. Technic for culturing typhoid bacilli from stools. Report of an investigation of diphtheria carriers. The presence of acid-fast bacilli in the circulating blood and excretions. The serologic diagnosis of leprosy. The diagnostic value of the placental blood film in estivo-autumnal malaria. A further study of the bactericidal action of ethylhydrocuprein on pneumococci. By C. S. Butler and R.H. Laning.. ... ...... . .... .. ... .. .. . . . ... .. . . .. . . 156 CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.-A substitute for potassium permanganate to liberate formaldehyde gas from a water solution. The preparation of ammonia-free water. By C. N. Fiske. Chemopathological studies with compounds of arsenic. By R.H. Laning. Laboratory experiments with air. Comparison of the plating and microscopic methods in the bacteriological examination of milk. Beef frozen for 18 years. Tin poisoning after eating canned asparagus. Treatment of typhoid carriers with charcoal and thymol or charcoal and iodin. By E.W. Brown and O. G. Ruge... . .. ... ... .. .... .... 166 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT - The present status of tuberculin therapy in ocular tuberculosis. On dissolving senile cataract in the early stages. The treatment of glaucoma simplex. The exploratory opening of the ephenoidal sinus. Tonsillectomy in the adult; are we justified in doing so many indiscriminate tonsillectomies for remote infections. The diagnosis of otoeclerosis. Syphilis of the internal ear. Collapse of the alae nasi, its etiology and treatment. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible. .. ... 171 REPORTS: A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOLACE" WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET, AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, FOR FORTY DAYS. By Medical Inspector R. M. Kennedy.. ... ... . . ... . . . . .. . . . ........ . . 177 SANITARY REPORT ON BARCELONA, SPAIN. By Passed Assistant Surgeon H . L. Brown.... . . ... . . . . . . ... .... . ... .. 183 SANITARY NOTES FROM THE U.S.S. "SARATOGA." By Passed Assistant Surgeon H. R . Hermesch... . .. . . . ... .. . . . . . 186 SANITARY NOTES FROM THE U.S.S. "HELENA." By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. L. Mann, jr.. . . . . . ... . 187 Vol. 10, No. 2 April 1916 PREFACE .. .... v SPECIAL ARTICLES: A GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF VESICAL PAPILLOMA . By Assistant Surgeon L. C. Lehr, M. R. C.. .... .. . .... . .. . .. . .... . . 191 SUGGESTED USE OF COMBINED TABLE OF OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY. By Surgeon C. N. Fiske... . .. . . . . ......... . . . . . . .... . . . .... ...... . . 199 EXCLUSION OF THE MENTALLY UNFIT FROM THE MILITARY SERVICES. By Passed Assistant Surgeon R. Sheehan.... .. ...... . . . ... . .... .. .. 213 A GREATER FIELD OF ACTIVITY FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS OF NAVY YARDS. By Medical Inspector N. J. Blackwood and Surgeon W. H. Bell. . . .. . 249 THE HOSPITAL STEWARD; CONCERNING HIS QUALIFICATIONS - PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. E. Eaton.. . . .. . . ... ....... .. . ..... 269 STUDIES PERTAINING TO LIGHT ON SHIPBOARD. II. By Surgeon T. W. Richards.... .. ..... .. ... ....... . . . . . . ... .... . . .. 277 FUMIGATION OF THE U. S. S. TENNESSEE BY THE CYANID METHOD. By Surgeon N. Roberts, Public Health Service. Passed ASSistant Surgeon G . E. Robertson, and aSSistant Surgeon A. E. Beddoe. . .. ... . 296 THE NEW HOSPITAL CORPS FORMS. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. E. Eaton.. . .... . ... . . . ...... ..... . 300 THE DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS BY THE 'WASSERMANN REACTION. By Passed Assistant. Surgeon A. H. 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By Passed Assistant Surgeons E. H. H. Old and R.H. Laning. . . . . . .. 324 SURGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE KIDNEY. By Surgeon C. G. Smith.. . . ... . . ... .... . .... ... . .... ........ ...... 334 PROGRESS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: GENERAL MEDICINE.-The bacterin treatment of certain chronic pyogenic dermatoses. By W. E. Eaton. The soldier's heart. The physics of bronchopneumonia. Specific treatment of pneumonia with ethylhydrocuprein. The use of duodenal bucket in search for typhoid bacilli in typhoid convalescents. The treatment of myocarditia. By E. Thompson and J.A. Randall ....343 MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES - Dementia precox and malingering. The distribution of tabetic crises with exhibition of an unusual case. Notes of a conference on medical and social aspects of syphilis of the nervous system. By R. Sheehan.. ...349 SURGERY - A plea for efficiency in the accident ward. Appendicitis as a sequel of tonsillitis. Gasoline, iodin, and alcohol in surgery. Epididymotomy. By L. W. Johnson. The treatment of fracture a lost art. The treatment of complicated fractures and present opinion of operative treatment. End-results in 242 cases of simple fracture of the femoral shaft. The artificial periosteum for fixation of shaft fractures. Talk on syphilis. Correction of depressed fractures of the nose by transplant of cartilage. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E. H. H. Old........ .. . . ................... 353 HYGIENE A.ND SANITATION - Duration of smallpox immunity conferred by successful vaccination. Further experiments in the destruction of fly larvae in horse manure. Biochemical comparisons between mature beef and immature veal. On the influence of alcohol on bactericidal properties, phagocytosis, and resistance of human erythrocytes. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell.... .. .................................... 366 TROPICAL MEDICINE - The treatment of dysentery. Further work on the treatment of kala-azar. The treatment of hookworm disease. By E. R. Stitt.. . .. ... ................................ ... ....... .. ... . ....... 369 PATHOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY. AND ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY - Bacteriological results in chronic leukemia and in pseudoleukemia. The acceleration of esterase action; studies on ferment action. By G. F. Clark. Combined preventive inoculation against typhoid and paratyphoid fever and bacillary dysentery. The complement-fixation reactions of the Bordet-Gengou bacillus. The bacteria of gangrenous wounds. Studies in nonspecific complement fixation. Report on the results of the bilharzia mission in Egypt, 1915. The etiology of rat-bite fever. By C. S. Butler and R.H. Laning................................................. . 374 EYE, EAR. NOSE, AND THROAT - Ethmoiditis; its varied effects and their probable prevention; or, when fully established, their possible cure. Obstruction of the posterior nasal orifice. The space sense and the labyrinth. Acute middle-ear inflammations. Vocal strain from a laryngologist's standpoint . its causes and prevention. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible... ....... ... ................. .. ..... . .................. . 382 REPORTS: MILITARY MEDICAL WORK IN CONSTANTINOPLE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon E. P. Huff. ... ......................... 387 Vol. 10, No. 3 July 1916 PREFACE.... . .. .. . ..... . . . . ..... . ........ . ...... . .. . ....... .. ...... . .... vii SPECIAL ARTICLES: A. CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION. By Medical Director J. D. Gatewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN. By Assistant Surgeon J.C. Dacosta, M. R. C. . ............. . ......... 416 THE ATMOSPHERE AND ITS RELATION TO THE HUMAN MECHANISM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NAVAL SERVICE. By Surgeon R. C. Holcomb..... . .. .. . . .. ................ .. . . ...... 430 A SHORT STORY OP MY EXPERIENCE AT THE RED CROSS AUXILIARY NAVAL HOSPITAL OF HAMBURG, GERMANY, DURING THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE PRESENT WAR. By Medical Director H. G. Beyer, Retired..... . .... . .. . . .. ......... 465 DIAGNOSIS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. By Assistant Surgeon W. A. Brams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 DOSAGE IN ROENTOENOTHERAPY. By Assistant Surgeon A. Soiland, M. R. C. . ..... ......... . . . ... .... 484 NOTES ON THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF 1,880 APPLICANTS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY. By Acting Assistant Surgeon C.H. Lowell. .. . ... . ... . ....... . ..... 487 THE PRACTICABILITY OR DESIRABILITY OF OMITTING FROM THE SUPPLY TABLE CERTAIN DRUGS. By Hospital Steward J. A. Ortolan... . . . ................... . ..... .. 490 UNITED STATES NAVAL MEDICAL SCHOOL LABORATORIES: ADDITIONS TO THE PATHOLOGICAL COLLECTION... . .. . . . . 493 ADDITIONS TO THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL COLLECTION. . .....493 SUGGESTED DEVICES: . FIRST-AID· DRESSINGS ON BATTLESHIPS. By Surgeon G. F. Freeman .. .. . .... . .. . ........ . ..... ... ... .... . .. 495 CLINICAL NOTES: THE LEWISOHN CITRATE METHOD OP BLOOD TRANSFUSION WITH REPORT OF A CASE OF TRAUMATIC GLUTEAL ANEURISM IN WHICH THIS METHOD WAS EMPLOYED. By Surgeon R. B. Williams . . .. .. . . . . .. ..... ... . . ... . ... . ... 503 REPORT OF A CASE OF LUDWIG'S ANGINA. By Assistant Surgeon W. A. Brams. . . ... . 506 RUPTURE OF LIVER; REPORT OF A CASE. By Assistant Surgeon C. W. Depping. .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . 510 SYPHILIS IN A CHAMORRO. By Passed Assistant Surgeon L. W. Johnson. . .. . .. . . . ... .. ...... . .. 511 REPORT OF A CASE OP INTUSSUSCEPPTION CAUSED BY A MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM By Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy. . ............ . . . . . . . . . . .511 ADVANTAGES NOTED IN THE USE OF McDONALD'S SOLUTION. By Passed Assistant Surgeon P. R. Stalnaker. . .... .. .. . ......... .. .. 514 HEMATOMA OF ABDOMINAL PARIETES. By Surgeon J. S. Taylor........ . ... . . ... . .. .. . ... . . .. .. .. ....... . . . 515 BAYONET WOUND OF THE ABDOMEN. By Assistant Surgeonn W. B. Hetfield... ... . ... . . . . . 516 PROGRESS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: GENERAL MEDICINE - Gassing accidents from the fumes of explosives. By C. G. Smith. The etiology and experimental production of herpes zoster. By W. E. Eaton. The Allen treatment of diabetes. Chronic arthritis. By E. Thompson and J. A. Randall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES - A further study of the diagnostic value of the colloidal gold reaction, together with a method for the preparation of the reagent. Psycho-analytic tendencies. Some considerations of general paralysis from the histological viewpoint. The duration of paresis following treatment. Discussion of treatment in general paresis. By R. Sheehan.. .. . . .... . ... . . . . . ... .. .............................. 528 SURGERY - The artificial limb question. The treatment of war injuries of the upper arm. By P. J. Waldner. The inefficacy of pyloric exclusion by fascial bands. Postoperative intestinal obstruction. Index of toxicity of novocain-adrenalin injected intravenously. Reversal of the circulation in the lower extremity. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E . H. H. Old.. . ... .. . . ..... . 534 HYGIENE AND SANITATION - Report of committees on the resuscitation from mine gases and electric shock. By E. W. Brown. A contribution to the fly campaign. On protection against mosquitoes. By P. J. Waldner. Medical guard. The result of closing the segregated vice district upon the public health of Cleveland. Workshop education in hygiene. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell. . . .. .. . ............ 540 TROPICAL MEDICINE - Are there harmful and harmless hookworm infections? By C. N. Fiske. Beriberi, with special reference to prophylaxia and treatment. A method for the preparation of a nontoxic dysentery vaccine. By E. R. Stitt......... . ..................... 546 PATHOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY, AND ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY - Autogenous vaccines in the treatment of bronchitis and asthma. The practical value of the guinea-pig test for the virulence of diphtheria bacilli. By G. F. Clark. Methods of using diphtheria toxin in the Schick test and of controlling the reaction. Results with cholesterinized antigens in non-syphilitic sera. On the toxicity of various commercial preparations of emetin hydrochlorid. Bactericidal and protozoacidal activity of emetin hydrochlorid in vitro and in vivo. Two chronic amebic dysentery carriers treated by emetin, with some remarks on the treatment of Lamblia, Blastocystis, and E. coli infections. By C. S. Butler and R.H. Laning. ....549 CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY - A discussion of acidosis with special reference to that occurring in diseases of children. By R . H. Laning. Testing distilled water as regards its wit.ability for the preparation of salvarsan solutions. Improved heroin test for blood. Cause and significance of an abnormal reaction obtained in testing urine for sugar with Fehling's solution. New test for reducing sugars in urine. Rapid method of counting bacteria in milk. Estimation of carbon dioxide in air by Haldane's apparatus. By E.W. Brown and O. G. Ruge. . . ... . .. . ........ 555 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT - Researches upon the requisite visual acuity and refraction of infantry. Autointoxication and eye diseases. Orientation and equilibration. Deafness due to syphilis. Hay-fever; its cause and prevention. A study of 500 tonsil enucleations with the Beck-Pierce tonsillectome. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible..... . .............. . .. 559 REPORTS: SANITATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA. By Surgeon E. G. Parker........... . . ... . . ....... . . ......... . ... ... 563 REPORT OF MEDICAL RELIEF AFFORDED IN FLOODED DISTRICTS OF SAN DIEGO. By Assistant Surgeon C. I. Wood. .. ..... . .......................... 567 THE MARINE DETACHMENT WITH THE PANAMA·PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION By Passed Assistant Surgeon K. C. Melhorn.. . . . . . . 569 EARLY HISTORY OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL RESERVATION, WASHINGTON, D . C. By Medical Director J. D. Gatewood................. . .... .. .. . . .... . 573 A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOLACE" WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, FOR 61 DAYS FROM FEBRUARY 9, 1916, TO APRIL 9, 1916. By Medical Inspector R. M. Kennedy .......... 574 THE FRENCH HOSPITAL OF CHUNGKING, CHINA. By Assistant Surgeon W. B. Hetfield............................... 583 Vol. 10, No. 4 September 1916 PREFACE................................................................ vii SPECIAL ARTICLES: STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE NAVY YARD AT WASHINGTON, D. C. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. A. Bloedorn ....... . .. 585 INTOXICATION BY DETONATION AND EXPLOSION GASES ABOARD SHIP. By Surgeon K. OhneSorg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 FLAT POOT AND ITS MEASUREMENTS. By Acting Assistant Surgeon M. Clements............................. 634 PREVENTION OF MALARIA IN THE FIELD. By Passed Assistant Surgeon F. X. Koltes........................... 640 A WASSERMANN SURVEY ON 500 APPRENTICE SEAMEN. By Passed Assistant Surgeon C. B. Munger......................... 642 MALINGERING IN MENTAL DISEASE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon R. Sheehan......... . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 THE REORGANIZATION OF THE HOSPITAL CORPS. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. E. Eaton........................... 654 THE RELATION OF SEPTIC MOUTH TO ARTHRITIS. By Acting Assistant Dental Surgeon F. L. Morey..................... 658 CLIMACTIC BUBO. By Assistant Surgeon C. E. Treibly......... .. . . . . . . . . . . 661 UNITED STATES NAVAL, MEDICAL SCHOOL LABORATORIES: ADDITIONS TO THE PATHOLOGICAL COLLECTION... . .. . . . . 665 SUGGESTED DEVICES: A DENTAL FOUNTAIN FOR THE CREW'S USE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. M. Kerr........................... 666 CLINICAL NOTES: A CASE OF GANGOSA. By Passed Assistant Surgeon L. W. Johnson and Assistant Surgeon C. W. Depping................................................. 667 CHRONIC LUMPHATIC LEUKEMIA WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION AND FATAL TERMINATION. By Assistant Surgeon C.H. Weaver................................. 668 CASE REPORTS FROM U.s. NAVAL HOSPITAL, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. By Surgeon F. M. Bogan.......................................... 671 ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO VOLVULUS. By Assistant Surgeon C. I. Wood.................................... 673 SPLENITIS. REPORT OF A CASE. By Assistant Surgeon T. Wilson.................................... 674 SOME UNUSUAL CASES OF SYPHILIS. By Assistant Surgeon M. B. Hiden................................. 676 GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE KIDNEY. REPORT OF A CASE. By Assistant Surgeon C. W. Depping................................ 679 VESICAL CALCULUS. REPORT OF A CASE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon T. W. Reed........................... 680 A CASE OF GASOLINE POISONING. By Assistant Surgeon O. C. Foote................................... 681 PROGRESS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: GENERAL MEDICINE - Coleman diet in typhoid fever. By W. S. Pugh. Cutaneous reaction from proteins in eczema. By W. E. Eaton. Some therapeutic uses for the ultraviolet rays. By E. Thompson and J. A. Randall ........ 683 MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES - Spinal injuries of warfare. Diagnostic value of Lange's gold sol test. Studies on alcoholic hallucinoses. The alcoholic as seen in court. Effects of syphilis upon the central nervous system. The Wassermann test in practical psychiatry. Abstract of a psychological study of 300 prisoners in the Massachusetts State Prison. By R. Sheehan ..................... 689 SURGERY - A canvas sling for loading wounded from barges and boats into hospital transports. By C. B. Camerer. Open wound treatment with cotton rings and gauze cover. By P. J. Waldner. Nitrous oxid-oxygen, the most dangerous anesthetic. The treatment of peritonitis. Localization and extraction of projectiles and shell framents. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E. H. H. Old........................................ 698 HYGIENE AND SANITATION - The Schick reaction and its applications. By J. A. Randall. Diphtheria immunity - natural, active, and passive; its determination by the Schick test. The bacillus carrier and the restaurant. The employment of rat poison as a measure for preventing and exterminating plague. Some observations on causes of high bacterial counts in market milk. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell .........708 TROPICAL MEDICINE - On agglutination reactions with normal sera. Memorandum on the prevention of amebic dysentery. By E. R. Stitt...... 712 PATHOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY, AND ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY -Sputum cultures with subsequent complement-fixation control. A new culture medium for the isolation of Bacillus typhosus from stoole. A new differential culture medium for the cholera vibrio. Therapeutic possibilities of antitetanus serum. Remarks on B. welchii in the stools of pellagrins. By G. F. Clark. Observations on the production of antibodies after antityphoid inoculation. A study of various methods for determining the virulence of diphtheria bacilli. A study of acid production by diphtheria bacilli. The relation of the carbohydrate-splitting ferments to the soluble toxins of diphtheria bacilli. By C. S. Butler and R. H. Laning .. . . . . . 714 CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY - Modification of Rose's method for the estimation of pepsin. Experimental study of fever. Changes in the Ninth Decennial Revision of the U.S. Pharmacopeia. By E.W. Brown and O. G. Ruge........................................................ 720 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT - The blood-clot dressing in simple mastoid abecess. Chronic suppurative ethmoiditis. Circumscribed purulent leptomeningitis due to frontal sinusitis. Radium in the field of laryngology. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible........................... 72S REPORTS (TOPOGRAPHICAL BXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL SANITARY REPORTS): MONROVIA, LIBERIA. FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. By Passed Assistant Surgeon W. L. Irvine.......................... 725 THE M0SQUITO COAST AND THE CAYMANS. By Assistant Surgeon W.W. Hargrave.... 737 LA ROMANA, SANTO DOMINGO, ST. MARC AND GONAIVES, HAITI. By Assistant Surgeon J. B. Helm.................................. 741 LA CEIBA, TELA, AND PUERTO CORTEZ, HONDURAS. PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA. By Assistant Surgeon T. A. Fortescue. ......748 TAMPICO AND VERA CRUZ. By Assistant Surgeon A. E. Younie............................... 761 PROGRESO, CARMEN, AND MERIDA, MEXICO. By Assistant Surgeon J. F. Riordan............764 THE UPPER YANGTZE RIVER. SANITARY NOTES FROM THE U.S.S. MONOCACY. By Assistant Surgeon W. B. Hetfield..... 767 SOME ASPECTS OF MEDICAL INTEREST OF THE RECENT UPRISING IN CHINA. By Assistant Surgeon W. B. Hetfield..... 760 SANITARY NOTES FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. By Surgeon P. S. Rossiter................ 764 INDEX .................................................... 767

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