Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17

and one on Simple Treatments for the
Common Diseases of Children
Lectures were given before parents and
teachers associations at the following
schools: BrOokland, Bruce, CORDOBA Dean
wood, Emery, Garrett, Hubbard, Morse,
Sumner and Thompson. Four lectures
were given before teachers meetings at
the NJ Street High School. two to the
students of Normal School No. and one
lecture was delivered before the Women's
Federation of Clubs. These lectures were
given by Drs. Dumas, Folkmar, Girard,
Hall. Henning, Reichelderfer, Tappan
Whipper, Williams and Wilson.
One of the interesting features of this
educa tional work is the organization of
first aid classes. OF these classes it is
the aim Of the organization to form a
number: in the first month of actual work
one class was formed. 1t is composed of
members of the affiliated clubs of the
Women's Federation, and its sessions are
held Friday of each week at 30 pm. at
the Public Library. A course of twelve
lectures will be given. the following being
an outline of the course:
First aid in cases of poisoning GU,
DR.. Charles I. Griffith.
The mad dog and it's bite, DIR. A. Nj
First aid to the injured 60. DR. Lewis
II. Taylor.
The treatment of burns" DR.. Isabel r.
Lamb.
The care of the drowning" DR.. Will
First aid in ousting discomforts,' DR..
Henry c. Yarrow.
Home nursing" Esther Gregory Graft,
graduate nurse.
After the Christmas holidays il is the
intention to organize several of these first
aid classes in the public schools or in
school centers in Washington. and such
classes are to be open to the general pub
lie At the close of the course for first
aid class the Red Cross organization Will
conduct an examination and viii confer
certificates upon those attendants at the
classes who are successful in passing such
examinations.
The educational work of the Womans
Clinic has received the approval of Supt
Davidson of the city schools: ii is an
proved by the American Red Cross As
ISOLATION. l.e committee on public hea---
education among women of the American
Medical Association, the trustees of the
Public Library and the American Associa-
ton for Moral and Social Prophylaxis.
Among the nationally and internationally
known surgeons and physicians who ale
aiding in this work are Surgeon General
Sternberg. Assistant Surgeon General
Kerr Maj. lynch of the American Red
Cross and DR.. Woodward of the District
health department.
The Womans Clinic owDs-pra ctCally
debt free-its building at the corner o.
18th and L streets northwest 1T mas or
ganized outlined and put under way a
notable course of lectures cove: ng every
phase of the broad field of hy Siene. In
this work it includes men and boys as
we'll as women and children. Lectures to
the students of the high hools-perhaps
to the boys and girls separately-are
planned. with the approval and hearty
cooperation of Supt. Davi lson. Lectures
to women and other lectures 10 the gen
eral public are planned and the courses
outlined and lecturers DrONldaN for.
A certain amount of publicity has been
given to this work, but knowledge of il
has in the main been spread through the
efforts and at the expense of the Nom-
ans Clinic itself. More than forty lee
lures. on as many different subjects, are
planned for this, the first winters work,
and the lecturers. who give their time
without charge, have been secure from
the ranks Of the man and woman phys
clans and surgeons Of Washington