Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-13
U-degraff's Hospital.

From the Ant. by Republican.
A new institution which promises
much for Anthony and physical health
is the hospital of DR.. A. d. Updegraff
OF south Bluff avenue. Although new,
1t has been a success from the start,
and has merited and received the
hearty approval of all who visited it or
who have ever had occasion to put
themselves in it's care.
The building was specially arranged
for the hospital. and from the compact
kitchen where the cooking for the pa
tients is done under the DOCTORS direc.
ton and Immediate supervision, to the
complicated and extensive electrical
equipment, is complete and modern III
every way.
One of the finest Xray machines
made furnishes the current for treat
ment of the nervous troubles and skin
diseases, as well as for the examination
OF the bones of the patient. DR.. Up
degraff has a fine lot of photographs
which he has made of subjects with the
machine. a forty. eight cell battery
furnishes complete outfit for the
electric needle and cautery, for the
treatment of superfiuous hairs, mo les,
warts and in surgical use. It is also
used for furnishing lights for the illum-
ination of the human anatomy wherev-
er it may be needed.
A powerful atomizer is used for the
treatment of throat and lung affections;
high pressure gives fine mist of the
health bringing medicines that perme.
ate everywhere. An exceptionally
complete case of surgical instruments
enables the doctor to care for any sort
of case promptly and by the most ap-
proved methods.
The operating room is equipped with
plate glass tables. enameled wares and
everything SO arranged and kept as to
preserve the perfect conditions of the
best hospital work. In every operation
the ROOM. accessories, instruments
are scrubbed and dislnfected, and
operators, assistants and nurses are
clothed in steriliZed garments and the
materials used are all from sterilized
packages, opened in the disinfecting
solutions. No chance is given for any
complication from an outside source to
interfere with the success of the oper-
alton. In the two years DIR. Updegraff
has been in Anthony, his unremitting
care has resulted In establishing his
standing as careful and painstaking
physician and skilled and successful
surgeon.
The room for the patients are neat.
ly and costly furnished, always with
view OF preserving ideal conditions
from surgeons standpoint.
A rubber tired truck conveys patients
to the b1th room or the room for dress.
ing their wounds, without any pain or
effort on their part. A complete equip
ment of the modern appliances for the
comfort and health of the patient in
bed, Is part Of the hospitals furnish.
ings.
One of the features of hospital prac-
tlce has come to be that of obstetrical
cases; the hospital is always to be de.
sired in complications and is becoming
appreciated for its true value for the
ever day case, too. DR.. Updegraff's
hospital has had number of cases of
both sorts, and the ladies who exper.
fenced the cOnveniences and skilled
care of the nurses, appreciate them
very much. =
DR.. Updegraff's skill as a physician
and surgeon, and the completeness and
convenience of his hospital, will result
In the upbuilding of an institution that
Will be the center of medical and sur
gical interest in southern Kansas and
northern Oklahoma. An increasing
patronage comes from a distance. and
when it becomes generally known that
the skill and appliances of the best
city hospitals is to be had in Anthony.
the attendance will only be limited by
the capacity of the institution.