Help for Sick and Wounded. A translation of "La Guerre
et la ()barite." By J. Farley. (j. C. Rotten.)—The original of M. M. Moynier and Appia, of which this is a version, received the prize offered by the Berlin Central Committee for the relief of wounded soldiers for an essay on the work which private charity may do for armies in the field. The present work deals with the subject syste- matically, showing in the first place the necessity of such a work, from the failure of even the best appointed military establishments to give adequate relief to the suffering, and then reviewing at length the pro- ceedings of the Conference of Geneva, at which a scheme for carrying out the object was organized. All this possesses, especially at this moment, when a war which brings into the field two millions of com- batants is commencing, the greatest interest. It is not war alone, however, that makes the subject worthy of attention. It is very well suggested that the establishments, which have for their primary object the relief of the sufferings attendant upon war, might be always kept ready to minister help in the groat casualties which not unfrequently accompany the pursuits of peace. A body of surgeons, trained nurses, and attendants always ready to proceed to the scene of an explosion, a collision, a mine accident, and the like, and to supply the inevitable de- fects of local resources, would be of incalculable use. The translator has added an admirable lecture by Professor Longniore dealing with the subject, and two articles, by Captain Brackenbury, reprinted from the Standard newspaper.
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