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...Sunday evening almost all the 960 casualties had been treated. Dr. Moorhead attributed this remarkable success to a sixfold program: 1) prompt transportation of the wounded to hospitals; 2) generous use of transfusions (there was a large supply of stored blood in Honolulu); 3) thorough débridement (trimming) of all injured tissue-if allowed to remain it dies, becomes a breeding ground for gangrene germs; 4) no suturing, even of big wounds -if left alone, new tissue grows up rapidly; 5) liberal use of sulfa drugs; 6) painstaking care after operation...
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