Aboukir Bay, 40

Administration, Army Medical, 61

Alderson, Mr., 40

Ambulance trains, 47-48

Antityphoid inoculation, 18

Arab servants, 41

Arbitration Commission, 39

Area medical officers, 3

Arrival of wounded in crisis, 43

Atelier, the (see also Hospitals, Auxiliary), 36-51

Aural diseases, 92-99

Australia, a clean, 118

Australia, a white, 118

Australian Army Medical Reserve, 4

Australian Government, the, 29, 30, 40, 52, 91

Australian Intermediate Base, 29


Baird, Sir Alexander, 39, 142

Barrett, Lt.-Col. J. W., 23, 29, 39, 73, 92-98, 120, 138 et seq.

Base hospitals, 1, 2

Base medical store, 79

Beds, palm wood, 29, 30

Bilharzia, 99

Birdwood, General Sir William, 89, 115-121, 154, 199

Boards, Medical, on invalids, 70

Bridges, the late General Sir Walter, 6, 89, 115

Bronchitis, 6, 86

Brookes, Mr. Norman, 144

Brown, Major, 52

Buildings, acquisition, 26

Burials of Australians in Cairo, 103


Camp, Convalescent, Zeitoun, 57

Casino, the, Heliopolis (see Hospitals, Auxiliary), 28

Casualties, table showing, 90

Casualty Clearing Station, 8

Cecil, Lord Edward, 142

Chaplains, value of, 194

Cholera, 38, 106-109

Climate, the Egyptian, 58, 59, 104, 105
The Khamsin, 26, 58, 59, 104
Wet Bulb records, 58-59

Clubs, Soldiers' (see Soldiers' Clubs and Red Cross), 125, 133

Commander-in-Chief (G.O.C.-in-C.) (see also General Sir John Maxwell), 39, 106, 196

Commissioners, Australian Red Cross, 144

Compulsory military training, 3, 4

Consultants, 192

Cook, Mr. Joseph, 5

Crisis, the, 35, 60

Cuscaden, Colonel, 6


Dardanelles, 27

Deaths,
No. 1 Australian General Hospital, 110
No. 2 Australian General Hospital, 111

Dentists, 192, 193

D.G.M.S. Australia, 6

Discipline, 61-65

Diseases, Infectious, 109
Report on extent of, 87-90

Disinfection, recruits' clothing, 98

D.M.S. Egypt (see also Surgeon-General Ford), 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 42, 50, 87, 88, 125, 141, 167, 205

Dunn, Captain, 149

Dysentery, 99, 109


Elgood, Mrs., work of, 155, 180

Enlistment of the unfit, 90, 91


Fergusson, Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro, 137, 138

Fetherston, Colonel, 6

Fisher, Mr. Andrew, 5

Flies, cause of disease, 209

Fly campaign (1916), 207
The house, 99-103
Traps, 208

Ford, Surgeon-General (see also D.M.S. Egypt), 21, 28, 73, 101

Funds, Multiplicity of, 219-224


Garages, 42

Geneva Convention, 13, 14, 18, and Appendix I

Gordon House, 39

"Grouser," the, 196


Hospital organisation, 229-230

Hospitals:
Auxiliary Australian, closure, 206
Base, 8
No. 1 Stationary, 8, 27
No. 2 Stationary, 8, 27
No. 1 Australian General:
Causes of death in, 110
Chronology of, 40-41
Closure of, 206
Description of building, 21-23
Difficulties in recruiting, 8, 9
Expansion, 25, 35
Finance arrangements between Governments, 60, 61
Growth of, 53
Ice chests, 105
Lack of reinforcements, 38
Number of cases admitted, 53-54
Policy of expansion, 41
Result of expansion, 38
Staff available, 44, 45-46, 47
No. 2 Australian General, 35, 111
Closure of, 206
No. 3 Australian, closure, 207
Venereal Diseases, Abbassia, 27, 28
Convalescent, 35, 59
Al Hayat, Helouan, 35, 57, 59, 204
Catering at, 51
Grand Hotel, Helouan, 37
Montazah (see also Red Cross), 37, 59
Ras el Tin, 36, 59
Zeitoun Camp, 59
Auxiliary, 36, 41, 49-52;
made independent, 53
Infectious Diseases, Abbassia, 37-52
Infectious Diseases, Choubra, 37
Military, proposed reforms, 189 et seq.
Australian, evils of dual control, 204


Infectious Diseases Camp, 25, 26

Invalids, transport of, 69-76


Jackson, Stonewall, 64-65

Japan, Emperor of, 121

Jessop, Mr., work of (see Y.M.C.A. and Red Cross), 133


Kendrew, Colonel, work of, 194

Kitchener, Lord, 116, 118

Knox, Mr. Adrian, 144

Kyarra, voyage of, 13-18
As hospital carrier, 78
Decomposing food, 16
Explanation of defects, 18
Overcrowding of, 15
Ptomaine poisoning, 15
Sanitation of, 15
Wet decks, 16


Lemnos, 105

Lessons, Russo-Japanese War, 7

Lines of Communication Medical Units, 6

Local purchase orders, 97

Luna Park (see also Hospitals, Auxiliary), 27, 28, 49-51, 54
Pavilion, 30
Rink, 38
Success of hospital, 207


Maadi, 21, 22

Mackenzie, Captain, 22, 111

MacMahon, His Excellency Sir Henry, 126, 142, 143, 144, 167, 199
Her Excellency Lady, 40, 168, 169

Malingerers, 97

Manifold, Colonel, 76, 106

Martin, Lt.-Col., 14, 143

Masseurs, need of, 194

Maxwell, General Sir John, 116, 123, 125, 167

Measles, 6, 97-99

Medical organisation in Egypt, 106
Reserve, a Junior, 54
Students, enlistment of, 10

Mena House and Hospital, 6, 21, 24, 35, 43

Methods of organising hospitals, 39

Morality in Cairo, 123, 124

Mortality low in Cairo, 103, 104

Mortality in transit, 6
In camp in Australia, 7

Motor Ambulances, 41-43
Transport of sick, 60

"Muddling through," 205

Mudros, 27


New Zealand sick and wounded, British Military Hospital, Citadel, Cairo, 22
Egyptian Army Hospital, Abbassia, 22

Nurses' Rest Homes, 40


Oculists, 24

Ophthalmic work, 92-97


Palace of Prince Ibrahim Khalim, 39

Pneumonia, 6, 86

Port Said, 21

Prevention of disease:
Prophylactic staff, 225
Lack of Australian Military School, 225

Prophylactic officer, 193

Prophylaxis, 83

Ptomaine poisoning, 6, 15, 103


Recruits' condition on arrival, 226

Red Cross, 37, 39, 42, 48, 50-53, 59, 77, 79, 125, 133
Brown's Census (Major), 172-174
Bureau of Inquiry, 155
Chapter on, 137 et seq.
Colonel Onslow's letter, 149-150
Creation of Australian Branch, 137
Difficulties at Mudros, 154
Distribution of goods, 152-153, 159-168
Elgood's (Mrs.) help, 155
Goods for 1st A.G.H., 10
Injudicious help, 181
Japanese methods, 180
Jessop (Mr.), help of, 169
Money distribution, 147-148
Montazah, 156, 157
Motor transport, 157, 158
Nurses' Rest Homes, 169
Policy, 169, 170
Purchase of goods, 156
Ras el Tin, 35
Soldiers' Clubs, 166-167
Store, 148
Trains for invalids, 166
Verses (Malines), 174-176
Wanted, a policy, 177-182

Red Cross Society:
Articles supplied by, 212-216
Functions of (Sir H. MacMahon), 210-212
Lists of articles, 212-216
Many changes in organisation, 217
Reformed methods requisite, 218

Red-Tape, 197

Request by Imperial Government for medical units, 8

Robson, Mayo-, Colonel, 201

Ryan, Colonel Charles, 4, 6, 51


Savoy Hotel, 41

Sellheim, Brigadier-General, 29, 30, 31, 116, 142, 196

Services of Anglo-Egyptians, 230-34

Shepheard's Hotel, 41

Ships, Hospital, 78, 79

Smith, Ramsay, Lt.-Col., Introduction, 23, 29, 141

Soldier's Clubs (see also Clubs and Red Cross), 35, 51, 65, 125, 133
Conduct of, 115-118
Warning to, 119

Specialists, lack of, 192
Oculist and aurist, 10
Radiographer, 10

Spectacle maker requisite, 97

Spens, General, 120

Sporting Club Hospital, 36, 51

Springthorpe, Lt.-Col., 143

Staff, erratic changes of, 197-199

Stomach ache, Egyptian, 105

Suez Waiting Camp, 77

Sultan, H.H. the, 199


Table showing number invalided to Australia, 80

Throat diseases, 92-97

Thomson, Sir Courtauld, 143, 201, 205

Train to Heliopolis, 30

Transport to Australia, 77-79
Wounded to Suez, 79-81
Wounded by sea, 77

Treves, Sir Frederick, 200, 201


Venereal diseases:
Camp, 25-26
Conference on, 129 et seq.
Essence of problem, 127
Length of stay of cases, 90
Policy, 128, 129
Prevalence of in 1916, 209
Prevalence of in arrivals, 228
Prophylaxis, 124, 125
Removal from Egypt, 121, 122


Wassermann tests, 128

Watson, Captain, 128

Watson, Major, 111

Williams, Surgeon-General, 3, 4, 6, 25, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42, 77, 86, 90, 101, 129, 139 et seq.

Women, employment of, in hospitals, 191


Y.M.C.A., 37, 50, 65, 125, 133

Y.M.C.A. organisation and work, 209-210, 218-224

Yuille, Captain Max, 141, 149


Postscript, 206

Appendix I., 237

"    II., 246