The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-11

A Graduating Class of Nurses Show
Their Skill.-Never did the members of any
graduating class of nurses in any hospital give
q public demonstration of methods and ap-
pliances until last Monday afternoon when the
members of the senior class of the Sheppard
and Enoch Pratt Hospital School for Nurses
showed, to the satisfaction of large assem-
blage that they knew how to put in practice
the things they had been studying for the past
two years. How to battle patients, to apply
bandages, to prepare for surgical operations
and to cook aud serve food for invalids were
the features of the program and as the various
things were performed Miss Sara e. Parsons,
the superintendent of the Nurses School, ex-
planned just what was being done and why the
nurses were doing it.
The public demonstration was the;beginning
of the commencement exercises of the first
graduating class of the school, and representa-
tives of the various institutions all over the
State were present and took great interest in
what was going on. The guests were well
coined by the superintendent and physician
in-chief, DR.. Edward N. Brush. Promptly at
$3.50 the visitors were ushered to the lecture
hall of the school.
When the curtain rose a miniature hospital,
with many of the appliances used in treating
patients suffering from nervous and mental
diseases, was shown on the stage. The first
demonstration was that of cleansing bed bath
for patients too i'll and weak to make use of
L16 GuU. OIucrly OOuuhTu, u SJLdpplu6, uonithy
fellow, served as the weak and i'll patient, and
one of the nurses gave practical demonstra-
ton of how to give the bath without uncover
ing the patient, without wetting any OF the
bed clothing and without causing the patient
any inconvenience. While this was going on
Orderly Jarboe came out and one of the nurses
applied an arm bandage for neuritis, and later
on, to fit the occasion, found that something
was wrong with his leg. A leg bandage,
which Miss Parsons explained could be made
at home and used when poultice had to DC
member. While waiting for the end of God
dards cleansing bath Miss Martha Hester, one
| of the nurses. came out on the stage and al
lowed herself to be cupped.
From the amount Of rubbing Goddard had
received those looking on thought he would
be let off after The bath, but that hardly hat
been finished before he was turned over BY
one of the male nurses and given cold ablu
tions. Orderly Murphy, for whom was re
served the most strenuous part Of the Who'll:
entertainment, came next. He had to stane
| up in a tub of warm water and smile
while the nurses wrapped an ice-cold shee
| around him and subsequently amused them
selves and the audience by throwing dippeT
fuls of cold water on him. Later on, to keel
| him from getting hot, he was packed in COLI
sheets and wrapped so tightly that he coult
not get up. The last demonstration of th
afternoon was that of cooking and preparing
food for invalids.
Those in the graduating class who took par
in the demonstrations were Misses Evelyl
Smithson, Nora Forney, Lydia Ambrose
Mabel Almony, Erma Camradt, Bertha Phil
lips, Mary McIllany, Agnes Holland, Laur
Mosher, Ida Harlan, Martha Hester, Mes
danes Yetta LitZ and Matte Almony ant
Messrs. Enoch Fox and Joseph Westcott.