The chronicle=news., 1915-01-02

surrounded with u swiftly moving
scene and lmpelled with a desire to
see foreign lands and places. it is easy
10 forget that we have in our own
city things which people In other
places are reading about and discuss
ing. A fact admitted by, many of the
leading physicians of the country that
We have in the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company's hospital. called Min
neQua hospital, the finest and hest
equipped hospital in'the United States
should be reason to make every
true Puebloan feel justly proud.
Those who have visited it know of
its superior advantages, its well
placed site, large grounds. the most
up-to-date buildings, the inclined
plane for stairways, the sanitary
methods used in keeping the build
ings clean and many other things
which the old hospitals do not have.
The development of the PATHOLOGY
cal work under tine direction of DR..
Josephine Dunlop has been rapid dur
ing the past year. and is source Of
qualification to all who have the well
fare OF the hospital at, heart.
Among the many new things
which the hospital corps of physicians
have made specially of and have
seen grow during the past year into
practical use are the use of the black
operating sheet, instead OF the white
In the operating room; an effort tC
make the hospital attractive with
beautiful pictures and ornamental
tions; the installation of the train.
ing room for nurses. and the devel-
opment of the first-aid in the kinder
garten school rooms.
The nurses training room is 8
room fitted up as the ordinary sick
room, equipped with everything used.
so that when a girl comes into train
ing she is given two-months' course
In this room. She has a dummy
In this room to practice upon, she
uses the same methods upon 1t that
she will have to employ upon pa
tient. In this way when she is placed
in actual work she knows just how to
begin.
The hospital has been beautified
with pictures. each room carrying
out different idea. In one. paint
ings from one artist will be display
cd; in another the pictures of IA
nous composers; in the children s
room the fairy stories are told in pic
lures So. wIlen convalescent be-
comes tired of the room he can be
taken to another.
In all the kindergarten school
rooms of the camps the children are
Taught by means of their dolls. the
first rules for tho aid to the injured.
This practice is being rapidly taken
up all over the country.
To correct the evils OF rapid eat
ing the hospital has formed new
rules for convalescent pateitns. They
are obliged to stay in the dining room
5 one-half hour, and consequently mas
ticate their food more slowly. Small
quantities of food are supplied. and
while the patient is given all that he
wants. he eats much more slowly
than when he is given a large guam
tity OF food and allowed to bolt 1t
ina hurry.
Casa Vivienda continues to be n
social center for patients. nurses and
the public. The nurses commence
lnent exercises were held there; lee
lures and receptions are given, and
music and dancing INDUCED in to
overcome fatigue and change the
trend of thought. Evening instruc-
tive and popular lectures on the
lawns, illustrated with lantern slides
have been begun this season and will
continue through the warm weather
The Inauguration of the Safety
First" campaign during the past year
has been one oil the finest things ever
introduced into the steel works and
the c. +. & l. Co. camps. BY means
Of large posters placed at conspicu-
Gus places through the plant. SO that
In dangerous places the employees are
being constantly reminded that their