they leave the hospital. The prisoners have no trouble over them. A
large supply of things for the patients is kept in the laundry.


_Clothing._--The hospital patients wear pyjamas like those of British
soldiers; and, like the latter, convalescents wear a bright blue suit
with white facings and a red necktie. Patients able to sit up have
folding easy-chairs at their disposal.


_Dressings._--The hospital drug department is well stocked. The wounded
are supplied with surgical appliances, and with artificial limbs of the
most perfect make.

The day before our visit 80 wounded prisoners arrived at the hospital
from El Arish in an exhausted and emaciated condition. We saw each case
receive the most suitable treatment. The apparatus most generally used
for dealing with fractures consists of a metal frame with flannel strips
stretched from side to side to form a kind of trough. When the broken
limb is in position the apparatus is suspended from the ceiling by means
of pulleys. We have never seen this ingenious arrangement in any German
or French hospital; it seems to us to be a very practical idea and
likely to prove of great benefit to the wounded. At the head of each bed
is a temperature chart, a diet chart, and a clinical summary of the
case.


_Special Quarters._--The operating theatre is well arranged; a
sterilising stove is heated by paraffin. In the wards for prisoners
suffering from malaria the beds are enclosed by mosquito nets to prevent