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HE SURGEON'SCircular I JULY 1951 VOLUME .VI Letter NUMBER • 7 A FAR EAST PERIODICAL MEDICAL SECTION • GHQ • FEC, SCAP AND UN OF ARMr APO 500 MEDICAL SERVICES INFORMATION Wounded soldiers are loaded aboard Casualty is lifted onto tank of 9th Infantry Regt, Capt Charles Caley Cleft), dental hospital train headed toward rear 2d Division, for evacuation to nearby aid station officer with 38th Regt, at Coll Sti xs given A shipment of whole blood is de- Puerto Rican soldier first Med Qf Medical Battalion remove injured aid livered to medioal depot in Korea aid by company men of 65th Regt soldier from ambulance at Div Clearing Sta Maj Catherine Jump (now at Tokyo Amy Hosp;, U.S. and Danish personnel confer Cpl J. Mirabella treats civilian talks to orphans who "adopted her" in Taegu aboard hospital ship "Jutlandia" casualty, aided by girl's father A painfully wounded Chinese prisoner is given first aid by medical technicians of the On the cover 65th Regimental Combat Team, U. S, 3rd Infantry Division on the East Central Front. All photographs are from U. S. Army Signal Corps unless otherwise stated. Volume VI - Number 7 THE SURGEON'S 1 JULY 1951 General Headquarters -Circular Far East Command Medical Section Letter APO 500 ADMINISTRATIVE PHW Section, SCAP, Discontinued. 121 General Armstrong Sends Thanks to FEC Medical Personnel 121 Surgeon's Circular Letter Expands in Size and Circulation 122 UK Hospital Ship "Jutlandia" I 122 Biennial International Congress of Military Medicine Held in Paris 123 Awards to Army Medical Service Personnel ..... 124 Conservation of Supplies 125 Medical Regulating Officer ....... .. 126 Recent Department of the Army Publications ......... 127 Preview of Hew Monthly Dental Report 127 Register of Dental Patients. 129 Oxygen Unit Adapted for Litter Use 129 The Hospital Command Team 129 Chinese Wounded Given Same Medical Care as UN Personnel. .... 131 PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE SECTION, SCAP DISCONTINUED; REPLACED BY MEDICAL SECTION, GHQ, SCAP The Medical Section, General Headquarters, SCAP, has of PH&W Section are transferred to the Medical Sec- been established as a special staff section to ad- tion, GHQ, SCAP. vise the Supreme Commander on policies and programs Colonel C. S. Mollohan, MC, will function as Chief, relating to public health and welfare problems in Public Health and Welfare Division, Medical Section, General Edgar Erskine Hume head Japan. Major will SCAP. Colonel Mollohan had served briefly as Chief the new section as Surgeon, GHQ, SCAP, addition in of PH&W Seotion, succeeding Brig. Gen. Crawford F. to his present assignment as Chief Surgeon, GHQ, FEC. Sams, who returned to the United States recently. Concurrent with the establishment of the special Since September, 1947, Colonel Mollohan had served staff section is the announcement of the discontinu- as Deputy Surgeon under General Sams. Prior to that ance of the Public Health and Welfare Section, which time he was assigned to the Harvard School of Public had been established in 1945 as a SCAP section. Health. During World War II, Colonel Mollohan served Personnel, records, responsibilities and functions in the European Theater. GENERAL ARMSTRONG SENDS THANKS TO FEC MEDICAL PERSONNEL The following message from Major General George E. did affirmation of loyalty and support as contained Armstrong, newly appointed Surgeon General, was re- in the cablegram sent me on 1 June. ceived by Major General Edgar Erskine Hume, Chief Surgeon, GHQ, FEC, and GHQ, SCAP. It is indeed a source of great satisfaction and contentment to know that during the troubled years * ahead the cooperation which has been so willingly I should like to take this opportunity of thank- given in the past will continue, unquestionably. ing you, and all of the commissioned and enlisted medical personnel of the Far East Command and the With heartfelt thanks to you all." United Nations Command in Korea for the very splen- 121 SURGEON'S CIRCULAR LETTER EXPANDS IN SIZE AND CIRCULATION Approval has been granted by the Printing Control increased number of Army medical personnel now ou Committee, Chief of Staff, GHQ, FEC, for an "as duty in the Far East Command. In addition, an ef- needed" increase in the number of pages of the SUR- fort is being made to reach as many Far East Air GEON'S CIRCULAR LETTER, effective with this issue. Force, Naval and other UN medical officers as pos- sible. Direct distribution will be made to all A restriction to 20 pages placed in 1946 has been major FEAF and Navy medical installations. relaxed to allow for a greater flexibility in pre- paring the publication. Heretofore, many \vorth- Approval for medical personnel of these branches to while articles were unavoidably rejected, held in- contribute material for publication has been granted definitely or condensed because of space limitations. by the Surgeon, FEAF, and the Force Medical Officer, It is hoped that medical personnel will avail them- C0MNAVFE. There is no doubt that Air Force, Naval selves of this greater opportunity to share their and other UN medical officers possess a wealth of professional experiences with others. information that would be read with great interest by other members of their profession. Their con- Circulation has been expanded to compensate for the tributions are sincerely invited. UNITED NATIONS' HOSPITAL SHIP "JUTLANDIA" VISITS JAPAN The Danish hospital ship ly wounded patients evacuated from the fighting Jutlandia recently re- front to the Jutlandia," said Captain Georg. "We turned to Japan from have done everything humanly possible to save the Korea carrying several lives of all United Nations wounded who are placed hundred United Nations in our care." wounded. Personnel of the ship, under command “Hie 100 persons who comprise the hospital of Commodore Kai Hammer- staff, including 16 doctors, 40 nurses, 25 1 of Royal orderlies, ich the Danish chaplain and other Navy and former presi- administrative and technical assistants, are all civilian volunteers chosen dent of the Danish Red by the Danish Government from more than 3,000 appli- Cross, took a brief res- cants. The individuals selected represent of pite from nearly three some the best medical talent available in Denmark. months of continuous med- All have had prior military training since service in ical service aboard the the Danish Army is compulsory. floatin 0 nospital in Korean waters. Heading the list of surgical specialists now serving According to Capt. Andres George, Copenhagen, pub- aboard the Jutlandia is Professor Edward Busch, one lic information officer of the hospital ship and a of the foremost brain surgeons in the world. Of correspondent for Denmark's newspapers and radio equal international fame is Dr. Tage Kjear, whose stations, the Jutlandia would soon return to the accomplishments in difficult chest surgery have gain- Korean campaign on her mission of mercy. ed world-wide recognition. Captain Georg % the "But until we sail, we're going to take it easy for stated that 85 of casualties aboard the American. a few days," he said. "You know, there's no such treated floating hospital are The remainder are all UN forces en- thing as rest and regular hours when you're caring troops from other gaged in the Korean fighting. for wounded, and we haven't had much chance for recreation in Korea." "Wounded are evacuated to our hospital by air or train from the he said. "Some within five Chartered from the East Asiatic Company by the front," arrive or six hours from the time are hurt but normal Danish Government one month after the outbreak of they 24 injured the Korean war, the Jutlandia, a cargo-passenger evacuation time is hours. The soldiers have been given and perhaps have undergone vessel sailing between Copenhagen and New York, was first aid some at advance before converted before the end of the year to a modern, prior surgery field hospitals well-equipped hospital ship. The government of they are brought aboard." Denmark appropriated nearly $1,000,000 for the con- Patients brain or chest surgery are version of the 8,500 ton vessel and an additional requiring retain- ed for five or six days following operations and are $2,000,000 to pay for medicine, supplies, equipment to to their and maintenance costs. thei? sent Japan or on homeland for fur- ther treatment and recuperation. Minor surgical however, remain the have Pledged by Denmark to serve at least one year in cases, on ship until they support of the Korean campaign, the Jutlandia join- recovered and are returned to their units. ed United Nations forces in the Far East early in The Jutlandia is with three thea- March. In the three months since its arrival the equipped operating ters, including one for general surgery. She is Danish medical contingent has handled more than with two modern a dental 1,200 seriously or critically injured UN soldiers fitted laboratories, clinic, and has already compiled an impressive record of X-ray laboratory, pharmacy, laundry, kitchen, bakery, successful major surgical operations. tailor shop and barber shop. There is, in addition, a well-stocked PX for the patients and members of the hospital staff with a diversified assortment of both "There have been very few fatalities among serious- necessities and luxury items. 122 Normally a 300-bed hospital, the Jutlandia can in Captain Georg said the Jutlandia also served as a emergency accommodate twice that number of patients. medical classroom for visiting Korean doctors. "Many Wards, located in the ship's holds, are completely times we have had Korean doctors present in the op- modern. The more serious surgical cases, however, erating theaters to observe the surgical skill of are cared for in private rooms on the cabin deck. Professor Busch, Dr. Kjear or some of our other spe- Quarters for the medical personnel also are located cialists.