Local physicians to the number of approximately 300. including the entire membership of the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society. played a very large part in extending medical care to the sick and suffering. These volunteer physicians. working in close cooperation with the medical relief committee of the American Red Cross. rotated in assisting the nine doctors composing that committee. on duty in emergency hospitals. The records show 70.707 outpatient treatments administered and 2.515 sick refugees cared for in all the hospitals. Medical students of the University of Tennessee also did their part by assisting physicians at firstaid stations and the health authorities In administering 70.646 vaccinations and inoculations. The United State Public Health Service did a most creditable job under the direction of Dr.
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