Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War

In other words, during the first thirty days I get three reports as to his condition. If after thirty days he is still doing well, I grant an extension of thirty days. During th...

The T.B. man needs special treatment, nursing care and dietetic care. One of the chief things to give to a T.B. infirmary is good dietetic care;—place the food before your patie...

In connection with this whole matter of hospitalization, the eyes of the country are on you, who are charged with this great responsibility. No body of men in Government service...

I fully realize that my subject is an extremely important one and that it is in a measure connected with nearly every benefit extended to the ex-service man or woman, and with e...

Now as to the tubercular case. The error we find in the matter of the tubercular case is this: We find a great many cases are diagnosed tubercular when really they are not,—a ve...

In making the above statement, we do not wish to be misunderstood. We all know that we have among our patients in the Veterans’ Hospitals some of the best type of men anywhere t...

GEN. SAWYER: This meeting was called for the week of the 20th, with the understanding of the Budget Director, General Dawes, that on tomorrow the Chiefs of the various Departmen...

Now what a ridiculous situation that is and yet that is what has pertained from the beginning of Government. We have forty-one independent governmental departments and establish...

The average person who uses hospital supplies has very little conception of the great amount of storage space which is necessary in order to carry at all times in the warehouses...

The difficulties of the problem can be realized and understood only by those who are in close association with the Services, and that the Nursing Department of the Public Health...

With regard to the matter of smuggling into the reservation, I sent a request to the Surgeon General to be allowed to put up a fence but I have never heard from it. I am going t...

Under the terms of the Veterans’ Bureau Act, the Director is charged with the responsibility for proper examination, medical care, treatment, hospitalization, dispensary and con...

Most important of all we have striven in every way to secure a qualified medical personnel, a matter of no small difficulty. The demand for competent medical men is greater than...

COL. EVANS: stated that the matter just referred to was a part of the program had been approved and was now awaiting the signature of the Director; that the individual designate...

The _fourth_ agency, which has been very largely developed recently, but which has always been used, is the agency of work. This has been applied in approximately three ways. Th...

GENERAL SAWYER: “I am sure it must be gratifying to you to obtain a more intimate knowledge of the conduct of these affairs. I have pleasure in introducing to you Rear Admiral E...

General Order No. 26–A requires that before a patient is discharged from hospital it should be determined whether or not he is in further need of out-patient care; whether or no...

The Secretary of the Treasury’s order of April 19, 1921 transferred the functions of the District Supervisor’s Office to the then Bureau of War Risk Insurance, and the Act of Au...

No. Cases treated at Dispensaries & Relief 610 Stat’ns No. Visited at Homes 6907 No. Needing Medical Care 12938 No. Medical E’s made out 15279 No. Medical O’s made out 339 No. N...

At the present time, the Public Health Service has in this work about 1,700 medical officers, not including attending specialists. Of these, about 950 are officers of the Reserv...

With this in mind and with the knowledge that penalties were prescribed in the original order which did not conform exactly to the wording of the Sweet Bill General Order #27 ha...

Opening Session Tuesday, January 17, 1922. Second Session Tuesday, January 17, 1922. Third Session Wednesday, January 18, 1922. Fourth Session Wednesday, January 18, 1922. Fifth...

In the selection, purchase, inspection, storage, and distribution of such a wide variety of supplies in the quantities used by the government lies an opportunity to effect the s...

The Bureau has been furnishing all personnel and equipment for the work in these hospitals, and this work should be established in the hospitals where there are 50 or more War R...

DR. GUTHRIE: said he had been inclined to listen because he felt that the reactions from the field had been more than the Bureau’s. He informed the doctors that Col. Patterson h...

As previously stated, it is the policy of this Bureau wherever practicable, to remove beneficiaries of the Bureau from contract institutions and place them in hospitals operated...

First, it has been a great delight to me, personally, to meet you Commanders of these various hospitals. I have a very much better idea of the kind of men that are caring for th...