“Sometimes, you know, I just
sit and think“
“Sometimes, you know, I just
sit and think about things, the human make-up, mind, war. And there are many
things clear to me now that never were before. One profound truth is that this
better be the last war — for the simple reason that science has changed the whole
aspect of the business of war — to make it so deadly as to wipe out in its
entirety the whole human race. In short, the fearfully deadly gases are coming
into vogue so rapidly, that an entirely different medical program will have to
be developed if the end does not soon come…”
April 1918, American
Surgeon in France – Passed as Censored – Photo: 1918, American soldier in France.