This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...per cent, the rural men 27 per cent. Among the eastern men, whether rural or urban, the pneumonia case mortality was about 10 per cent. In this instance good physical condition did not offer special protection against the disease. Syracuse had about the poorest grade of men physically of any camp, the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...per cent, the rural men 27 per cent. Among the eastern men, whether rural or urban, the pneumonia case mortality was about 10 per cent. In this instance good physical condition did not offer special protection against the disease. Syracuse had about the poorest grade of men physically of any camp, the men coming from the deferred classes of the draft. Eighty-five per cent were rated as Class C men, which meant unfitness for military duty. The total mortality at Syracuse was just half that of Camp Sherman, made up of physically strong men. The pneumonia case mortality at Syracuse was the third highest among forty large camps. Low morbidity but high case mortality was observed among the limited service men of the Quartermaster Corps at Gamp Custer. At Upton there was more pneumonia developing among the influenza cases in the development battalions, made up of physically unfit men than in the rest of the camp. Deaths among the pneumonia cases were not, however, unusually high in this camp. Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey, had men of inferior physical development and yet their sickness incidence was but 15 per cent and mortality.31 per cent, or thirty-first among forty-four smaller camps. (Fig. 53.) We must, of course, not confuse poor health with physical defects. Class C of the draft had many healthy men who were unfitted for military duty because of physical injury or missing legs, arms, etc. There is no reason to expect a one-legged man to be more susceptible to disease than a man with two legs. Although robustness and physique were not a guarantee against a severe attack of influenza, there is ample evidence that the lowering of physical tone by fatigue produced an unfavorable effect. The seasoned soldier weathered the epidemic better than...
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