"THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE U. ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR"

Abstract

To the Editor: —In a review of Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume XI, Surgery, Part Two (The Journal, August 30, p. 707), the following sentence occurs: section on ophthalmology was prepared by Brig. Gen. George E. de Schweinitz, with the aid of Col. Allen Greenwood. This is a misstatement. Section III, Ophthalmology in the United States, was written by Dr. de Schweinitz. His sources of information are recorded in the introduction, and the material help he received from many officers on duty in the various ophthalmic sections of the hospitals in the United States is acknowledged in the references at the end of each chapter. Section IV, Ophthalmology in the American Expeditionary Forces, was written by Dr. Allen Greenwood, who was, during his service in France, senior consultant in ophthalmology, A. E. F. The references that conclude each chapter of this