The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1909)American National Red Cross
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The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1909)
American National Red Cross
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On Monday a better house was engaged from a Greek. Here were four small
rooms and a broad veranda, which for three weeks did service for surgical
dressing room and operating room. The hospital was established with
fifteen inpatients and a number of outpatients, who came for dressings.
Dr. Danielides left in the middle of the week, and the work was carried
on by Mrs. Doughty-Wylie, assisted by Miss Alltree and Miss Sinclair
(English), and Miss Avania (Greek), until the arrival of Sick Bay Stewart
Shenton and five first aid marines from the British cruiser _Swiftsure_.
These came on Saturday, eight days after the end of the first massacre,
and with a reinforcement of four more marines two days later they did
thorough and efficient work until they were relieved after three weeks
by a similar crew of men under Sick Bay Stewart Weiber from H. M. S.
_Minerva_. The work of these men, and especially of Mr. Shenton, in
caring for the wounded and in the daily dressing of what, after the
second massacre, amounted to some 200 suppurating wounds, is deserving of
the highest praise.
[Illustration: RUINS IN ADANA.]
In the interval of eight days that elapsed between the first and second
massacres, confidence had begun to be gradually restored. The wounded
were gathered in several places and cared for by Armenian doctors under
the supervision of foreigners. Many of the wounds had gone four days
without being dressed and were in bad condition.
_Work Organized._
On Monday, April 9, three days after the end of the first massacre, work
began to be organized, as follows:
Under the care of Miss Wallis, in the upper Gregorian Church, 60 wounded
women and children, and in the Protestant Boys’ School, 15 wounded men,
together with over 15 outpatients.
Under the care of Miss E. S. Webb, in the Armenian Girls’ School, and in
the lower Gregorian Church adjoining, over 40 wounded, besides 30 sick.
Under the care of the Soeurs de Charite de Ste. Leon, in a large Armenian
house, 25 wounded, besides 130 outpatients.
[Illustration: RED CROSS HOSPITAL (SURGICAL) IN CHARGE OF MRS.
DOUGHTY-WYLIE. IN SIMEONIDES’ HOUSE.]
There were also about a dozen wounded in the Turkish School, and among
the 2,000 or so refugees in the New Market Armenian Boys’ School there
were 50 sick.
In all there were 330 wounded Armenians under treatment, of whom about
half were able to come and go for their dressings. Besides this, there
were some 100 sick among the crowded refugees. The small proportion of
wounded relative to the total number of Armenians killed in the city
during the first massacre—a number estimated at 2,500—is indicative of
the vindictiveness of the killing. The chance of escape was small for a
man, woman, or child once disabled by a wound.
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