The surgical & medical history of the naval war between Japan & China : during 1894-95 / translated from the original Japanese report, under the direction of Baron Saneyoshi by S. Suzuki.

  • Saneyoshi, Yasuzumi, Baron.
Date:
1901
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Credit: The surgical & medical history of the naval war between Japan & China : during 1894-95 / translated from the original Japanese report, under the direction of Baron Saneyoshi by S. Suzuki. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    iivei'iig-e daily iminber of tofal force was 14,2()0 and among this num- ber are included those who never went otf duty on account of the slightness of their illness. If we counted only the sick who wei’e obliged to he temporarily out of service, we should see a remarkable decrease in the number. And if the nund)er of days sickness he pro- portioned to each case, the average ratio will he d(J.0H. Compared with that of an ordinal’}' year (the average rate of the preceding five years), in which the average ratio in each case Avas o2.72 Avhich is only an increase of d.ol. Again, the total number of deaths that occurred during sixteen months of the war Avas 172, Avhich gives a rati(» of 12 per 1,000 of the force. If aa'c subtract from the above number 20 droAvned and 2 suicides, the former of Avhich should he regarded as an unavoidable accident, the number of deaths from actual diseases Avas 141, showing a ratio of 0.8(S ])er 1,000 of the force. kSucli being the sanitary conditions of the Navy, no need A\’as felt at any hospital or on hoard any vessel, for increasing the medical staff, or calling for assistance from other cpiarters, except at the Sasebo Naval Hospital Avhich at one time Avas croAvded by a large number of the wounded in combat and was compelled temporarily to increase the number of surgeons and em])loyefs, aaid in the hospital ship on the southern expeditioii, Avhen she had to hire temporary sick berth attendants.