at
the head of each bed is a medical chart detailing the illness and the
temperature.

_Sickness._--Since March 17, 1915, the date of its foundation, up to the
day of our visit, the Egyptian Red Cross Hospital has treated 2,245
wounded or sick prisoners.

There are at the present time 149 prisoners under treatment, 8 Ottoman
officers and 141 soldiers, distributed as follows:

Surgical cases (wounds): 66; among them 13 invalids and 6 who have
undergone amputation and have been detained a long time in the hospital.

Internal ailments: 38; we may mention among the most serious cases of
this kind noticed by us, 4 suffering from bilious haemoglobinurea, all
from Bagdad; 6 from dysentery, anaemic and enfeebled patients; 4 from
chronic nephritis.

Eye affections: 25.

Consumptives: 20.

Which make up the total of 149 cases.

Among the officers under treatment we may mention: 1 wounded right knee,
1 scalp wound, 1 compound fracture of the thigh, 1 neck wound, 1 bullet
wound in the chest, 1 bullet wound in the face, all recent cases coming
from El Arish.

_Deaths_:

Number Number
Cause of Death. of Deaths of Deaths
in 1915. in 1916.
Surgical cases 30 17
Pleurisy 2 5
Dysentery 8 19
Typhoid 1 1
Pericarditis 1 2
Pneumonia 3 11
Pulmonary tuberculosis -- 26
Intestinal tuberculosis -- 21
Nephritis -- 5
Gangrene -- 1
Hepatitis -- 1
Pernicious anaemia -- 1
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Total 45 110
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The dead were buried in the Musulman cemetery with military honours,
such comrades as were well enough attending the ceremony.

~5. The Cairo Citadel Camp.~

_(Visited on January 3, 1917.)_

This camp occupies the curious Jewel-Palace, one of the monuments of the
citadel, and contains only women and children coming from Hedjaz, who
were captured near Mecca.

The dates of arrival are as follows:

Women and Children.