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Aboukir Bay, 40 Administration, Army Medical, 61 Alderson, Mr., 40 Ambulance trains, 47-48 Antityphoid inoculation, 18 Arab servants, 41 Arbitration Commission, 39 Area medical officers, 3 Arrival of wounded in crisis, 43 Atelier, the (see also Hospitals, Auxiliary), 36-51 Aural diseases, 92-99 Australia, a clean, 118 Australia, a white, 118 Australian Army Medical Reserve, 4 Australian Government, the, 29, 30, 40, 52, 91 Australian Intermediate Base, 29 Baird, Sir Alexander, 39, 142 Barrett, Lt.-Col. J. W., 23, 29, 39, 73, 92-98, 120, 138 et seq. Base hospitals, 1, 2 Base medical store, 79 Beds, palm wood, 29, 30 Bilharzia, 99 Birdwood, General Sir William, 89, 115-121, 154, 199 Boards, Medical, on invalids, 70 Bridges, the late General Sir Walter, 6, 89, 115 Bronchitis, 6, 86 Brookes, Mr. Norman, 144 Brown, Major, 52 Buildings, acquisition, 26 Burials of Australians in Cairo, 103 Camp, Convalescent, Zeitoun, 57 Casino, the, Heliopolis (see Hospitals, Auxiliary), 28 Casualties, table showing, 90 Casualty Clearing Station, 8 Cecil, Lord Edward, 142 Chaplains, value of, 194 Cholera, 38, 106-109 Climate, the Egyptian, 58, 59, 104, 105 The Khamsin, 26, 58, 59, 104 Wet Bulb records, 58-59 Clubs, Soldiers' (see Soldiers' Clubs and Red Cross), 125, 133 Commander-in-Chief (G.O.C.-in-C.) (see also General Sir John Maxwell), 39, 106, 196 Commissioners, Australian Red Cross, 144 Compulsory military training, 3, 4 Consultants, 192 Cook, Mr. Joseph, 5 Crisis, the, 35, 60 Cuscaden, Colonel, 6 Dardanelles, 27 Deaths, No. 1 Australian General Hospital, 110 No. 2 Australian General Hospital, 111 Dentists, 192, 193 D.G.M.S. Australia, 6 Discipline, 61-65 Diseases, Infectious, 109 Report on extent of, 87-90 Disinfection, recruits' clothing, 98 D.M.S. Egypt (see also Surgeon-General Ford), 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 42, 50, 87, 88, 125, 141, 167, 205 Dunn, Captain, 149 Dysentery, 99, 109 Elgood, Mrs., work of, 155, 180 Enlistment of the unfit, 90, 91 Fergusson, Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro, 137, 138 Fetherston, Colonel, 6 Fisher, Mr. Andrew, 5 Flies, cause of disease, 209 Fly campaign (1916), 207 The house, 99-103 Traps, 208 Ford, Surgeon-General (see also D.M.S. Egypt), 21, 28, 73, 101 Funds, Multiplicity of, 219-224 Garages, 42 Geneva Convention, 13, 14, 18, and Appendix I Gordon House, 39 "Grouser," the, 196 Hospital organisation, 229-230 Hospitals: Auxiliary Australian, closure, 206 Base, 8 No. 1 Stationary, 8, 27 No. 2 Stationary, 8, 27 No. 1 Australian General: Causes of death in, 110 Chronology of, 40-41 Closure of, 206 Description of building, 21-23 Difficulties in recruiting, 8, 9 Expansion, 25, 35 Finance arrangements between Governments, 60, 61 Growth of, 53 Ice chests, 105 Lack of reinforcements, 38 Number of cases admitted, 53-54 Policy of expansion, 41 Result of expansion, 38 Staff available, 44, 45-46, 47 No. 2 Australian General, 35, 111 Closure of, 206 No. 3 Australian, closure, 207 Venereal Diseases, Abbassia, 27, 28 Convalescent, 35, 59 Al Hayat, Helouan, 35, 57, 59, 204 Catering at, 51 Grand Hotel, Helouan, 37 Montazah (see also Red Cross), 37, 59 Ras el Tin, 36, 59 Zeitoun Camp, 59 Auxiliary, 36, 41, 49-52; made independent, 53 Infectious Diseases, Abbassia, 37-52 Infectious Diseases, Choubra, 37 Military, proposed reforms, 189 et seq. Australian, evils of dual control, 204 Infectious Diseases Camp, 25, 26 Invalids, transport of, 69-76 Jackson, Stonewall, 64-65 Japan, Emperor of, 121 Jessop, Mr., work of (see Y.M.C.A. and Red Cross), 133 Kendrew, Colonel, work of, 194 Kitchener, Lord, 116, 118 Knox, Mr. Adrian, 144 Kyarra, voyage of, 13-18 As hospital carrier, 78 Decomposing food, 16 Explanation of defects, 18 Overcrowding of, 15 Ptomaine poisoning, 15 Sanitation of, 15 Wet decks, 16 Lemnos, 105 Lessons, Russo-Japanese War, 7 Lines of Communication Medical Units, 6 Local purchase orders, 97 Luna Park (see also Hospitals, Auxiliary), 27, 28, 49-51, 54 Pavilion, 30 Rink, 38 Success of hospital, 207 Maadi, 21, 22 Mackenzie, Captain, 22, 111 MacMahon, His Excellency Sir Henry, 126, 142, 143, 144, 167, 199 Her Excellency Lady, 40, 168, 169 Malingerers, 97 Manifold, Colonel, 76, 106 Martin, Lt.-Col., 14, 143 Masseurs, need of, 194 Maxwell, General Sir John, 116, 123, 125, 167 Measles, 6, 97-99 Medical organisation in Egypt, 106 Reserve, a Junior, 54 Students, enlistment of, 10 Mena House and Hospital, 6, 21, 24, 35, 43 Methods of organising hospitals, 39 Morality in Cairo, 123, 124 Mortality low in Cairo, 103, 104 Mortality in transit, 6 In camp in Australia, 7 Motor Ambulances, 41-43 Transport of sick, 60 "Muddling through," 205 Mudros, 27 New Zealand sick and wounded, British Military Hospital, Citadel, Cairo, 22 Egyptian Army Hospital, Abbassia, 22 Nurses' Rest Homes, 40 Oculists, 24 Ophthalmic work, 92-97 Palace of Prince Ibrahim Khalim, 39 Pneumonia, 6, 86 Port Said, 21 Prevention of disease: Prophylactic staff, 225 Lack of Australian Military School, 225 Prophylactic officer, 193 Prophylaxis, 83 Ptomaine poisoning, 6, 15, 103 Recruits' condition on arrival, 226 Red Cross, 37, 39, 42, 48, 50-53, 59, 77, 79, 125, 133 Brown's Census (Major), 172-174 Bureau of Inquiry, 155 Chapter on, 137 et seq. Colonel Onslow's letter, 149-150 Creation of Australian Branch, 137 Difficulties at Mudros, 154 Distribution of goods, 152-153, 159-168 Elgood's (Mrs.) help, 155 Goods for 1st A.G.H., 10 Injudicious help, 181 Japanese methods, 180 Jessop (Mr.), help of, 169 Money distribution, 147-148 Montazah, 156, 157 Motor transport, 157, 158 Nurses' Rest Homes, 169 Policy, 169, 170 Purchase of goods, 156 Ras el Tin, 35 Soldiers' Clubs, 166-167 Store, 148 Trains for invalids, 166 Verses (Malines), 174-176 Wanted, a policy, 177-182 Red Cross Society: Articles supplied by, 212-216 Functions of (Sir H. MacMahon), 210-212 Lists of articles, 212-216 Many changes in organisation, 217 Reformed methods requisite, 218 Red-Tape, 197 Request by Imperial Government for medical units, 8 Robson, Mayo-, Colonel, 201 Ryan, Colonel Charles, 4, 6, 51 Savoy Hotel, 41 Sellheim, Brigadier-General, 29, 30, 31, 116, 142, 196 Services of Anglo-Egyptians, 230-34 Shepheard's Hotel, 41 Ships, Hospital, 78, 79 Smith, Ramsay, Lt.-Col., Introduction, 23, 29, 141 Soldier's Clubs (see also Clubs and Red Cross), 35, 51, 65, 125, 133 Conduct of, 115-118 Warning to, 119 Specialists, lack of, 192 Oculist and aurist, 10 Radiographer, 10 Spectacle maker requisite, 97 Spens, General, 120 Sporting Club Hospital, 36, 51 Springthorpe, Lt.-Col., 143 Staff, erratic changes of, 197-199 Stomach ache, Egyptian, 105 Suez Waiting Camp, 77 Sultan, H.H. the, 199 Table showing number invalided to Australia, 80 Throat diseases, 92-97 Thomson, Sir Courtauld, 143, 201, 205 Train to Heliopolis, 30 Transport to Australia, 77-79 Wounded to Suez, 79-81 Wounded by sea, 77 Treves, Sir Frederick, 200, 201 Venereal diseases: Camp, 25-26 Conference on, 129 et seq. Essence of problem, 127 Length of stay of cases, 90 Policy, 128, 129 Prevalence of in 1916, 209 Prevalence of in arrivals, 228 Prophylaxis, 124, 125 Removal from Egypt, 121, 122 Wassermann tests, 128 Watson, Captain, 128 Watson, Major, 111 Williams, Surgeon-General, 3, 4, 6, 25, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42, 77, 86, 90, 101, 129, 139 et seq. Women, employment of, in hospitals, 191 Y.M.C.A., 37, 50, 65, 125, 133 Y.M.C.A. organisation and work, 209-210, 218-224 Yuille, Captain Max, 141, 149 Postscript, 206 Appendix I., 237 " II., 246

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