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cramps, and a liquid which, spread on the skin, keeps insects 

 away; the arctic kit, for troops in northern countries, with 

 materials for the prevention and cure of freezing and frost 

 bite, and 'multi-vitamins/ to keep men strong and healthy 

 even on limited rations." 



Since this war is being fought in many parts of the world, 

 doctors assigned to troops in these areas are skilled in keeping 

 men fit in extreme temperatures. Physicians assigned to tank 

 corps are expert in treating men subjected to terrific noise and 

 heat; doctors attached to submarine squadrons study reactions 

 to pressure; doctors specially trained in the effects of high 

 altitudes are assigned to aircraft units. If a doctor is assigned 

 to a ski-troop section, he must be able to handle skis himself. 

 If he is sent to a paratroop outfit, he must know how to use a 

 parachute. He jumps with his men and floats heavier pieces of 

 medical equipment down by separate parachute. Wherever 

 our men fight, they are never far from the best of medical 

 care. 



The Navy's Hospital Ships 



The success of a certain hospital ship, says the OWI, is one 

 of the Navy's proudest achievements. During an extended 

 period beginning with the Solomon Islands offensive in Aug- 

 ust, 1942, this floating hospital cared for 4,039 patients 

 men wounded by bullets, shell fragments; men terribly 

 burned, lacerated. Among these 4,039 cases, only seven deaths 

 occurred a mortality rate of 0.18 per cent! 



The Navy's hospital ships correspond to the mobile surgical 

 units that serve our land forces. These ships are staffed by 

 expert surgeons and doctors, and their equipment is the equal 

 of that in the best city hospital. They are used not only by 

 naval forces but by land forces. They may move in close to 

 land so that wounded men can be transferred to them from 



