Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-26
CLINICAL DATA IS PREPARED
Reasons for Keeping Medical school
in Omaha ForgihIy Given.
FACTS GATHEHED BIZ DIR. BRIDGES
~ 0sher CITY Iu HiddIe west Cen 81
fara 80 Mauy Hospital fdsau-
tnEes - Hsth Faeufsv
and studeutn.

Aentiuert - Overwhelmingly AGAINST the
proposition Of moving the medical depart
neut 81 the Nehraaka university from
Omaha canvass OF the situation las
been made bv those vino arr desuir inter-
ertrd in the schoel and they rnd that
Omaha. presents 20 many advantages that
20 would be folly ~ remove &c to another
part n tho state Medical and surgical
EXPERTS as veil az the STUDENTS themselves
favor Omaha TO a man. This was demon
stratsfi st recent hannuet ~ the Univ -
sitv ~ Nebraaka Alumni association. when
the 100 GUESTS present declared unanimously
IN favor or this city az IN IDEAL medical
canter
Dr. W. o Bridges deau af me medical
cuilere has prepared some data showing
tire almost uutrammeled clinical advan-
taEeE % DO fnund in Oruunn. ant .nese form
-aiae EreNfesr Argument for Tho retention ~
the school here. The us,iIcal denartrnent 81
the University af Nehraska m Jmana has
exclusive clinical privileges IN rhe Metho-
aist. Emmanuel CIarEaan. Chlldranis and
Tiuiev Maternity hospitals
It has coeaual PRIVILEGES with Creighton
university in the Douglas County Wise
and swedish hospitals. All but one mem
Der 81 the starr Of the Methodist and the
Emmanuel hospitals are on the faculty Of
the medical department ~ The University
a Nebraska Ths f7To gbstetriciaus oG the
FINLEY Maternity ara IN the faculty ONE
half the staff of Garrison. Douglas County
ana Swedish hospitals ars teaonprE in the
culleEe
Or. HrtdEsa Gives Data.
The data prepared by DR. Bridges. 8rBu.
ing against tha removal OF the college.
shows hat during the month ~ Tauuarv
~ patients were admitted TO the Douglas
County hospital This insritutiun Is lo-
Gated only eight blocks from the campus
and every patient is available for instruc-
tion. No other city in the state cuud at
ford such an opportunity.
On the Gun Of tius month reports show
that there we're no patients in the Metho.-
dist hospital. Nlnety-six of these were
brought here rom out OF ths city This
institution 10 located ten blocks rom the.
college, campus
On the same date there we're sixty-eIvs
patients IN CiarisBon hospital eight n in
utsa' rida from the campus. OF this mum.
Der twenty-nins cams from out Of the
. city
sixty patients were reported at Immauuel
hospital ON February D. and An but ten
thirty minutes ride from the campus.
The Wise hospital mad fGrtT-nine patients
On the sans day, seventeen from the out
aids. and az the Swedish hospital there
wers tWenty-four. ten coming from the sur
rounding towns.
During the year 1910. the Bridges report
further shows there were 100 connnemeuts
az finley MatarnitT all available to the
students OF the medical department OF the
Nehrasks university. The average for the
last two years has bean ten cases to eacE
student bafors graduation under the direc-
tiou Of the two tsaohers IN obstetrics
Insttsuas an COLLEGES Camuun.
The child Saving institutes has Just COM
pieted it's G0.o0o building ON a part 0f the
college campus. to which the trustees we're
urged 70 move from another previously Sc
lected location. The institute has a cauac-
ity for II children. The number present
in the cid building on February was
rortv-ewo. The institute Will move into the
huildins about April l.
giinieal instruction 70 the STUDENTS OF the
college o. medicine by members uf the
faculty ls ohtainsd in All these institutions
The total number of patients confined in
available hospitals on February was SO
Ehs hsthesiAs ami Immanuel hospitals have
sciinic4i amuhithe2tara buiz expressly Cor
students. The Methodist Wise aHa clark
aeagastsis ara firsuruof and have been
completed within the last three years. The
Methodist ami " iss aCNpitals have plans
for the immediate sniarEement the former
being IN position 20 double iis capacity and
the latter being able to increaza its capacity
"a per cent.
No other city in the middle west presents
80 many advantages 70 medical sChooL