The bee., 1916-12-12
FREE CLINIC
GREAT SUCCESS
Fifty-four Trachoma Cases
operated-some ofYears
Standing
OVER TWO HUNDRED
CASES WERE EXAMINED
Health League Workers are
Greatly Encouraged at
Success

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The Trachoma (sore eyes) free
Clinic held at the Madisonville Y.
NJ. c. A., building Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday morning,
ander the auspices Of the Hopkins
County Health and Welfare League,
proved to be an unqualified success
in every way. DR.. John MeMullen,
surgeon and Trachoma expert in the
government service, who did the
operations with assist.nce from local
physicians, pronounced it the hest
Clinic he has held, in many ways.
The cooperation on the part Of the
physicians and people Of Hopkins
county he said was the best he had
ever known, and he said the prepara.
tion and the building and equipment
provided was better than other prev
ious Clinics. And Of volunteer help,
professional and otherwise, there was
all and more than could be used.
During the three and a half days
of the Clinic we'll over $50 cases Of
afflicted eyes were examined, most OF
.nem Trachoma, and four-fifths were
operated. The gymnasium room was
fitted up with beds, where the pa
tients remained, usually over night,
after night, but many we're able to go
home earlier.
The afflicted came from many parts
Of the county, some from .iore than
twenty miles distant. One welI-to-
do father from Webster county visit
ed the Clinic Saturday. with two
youngsters. to get Or. McMullen's
opinion on their eyes and went away
happy. Several cases of elderly peo-
pie underwent the more serious op
Grafton Of shortening the eyelids,
after having suffered much pain and
incapacity for many years.
1t became clear Saturday fter-
noon that the work could pstbe com.
pleted and DR.. McMullen yielded to
request of officers of the health
League that he continue and COM
plete the work on Sunday morning
This he readily agreed to do, and left
Sunday on the noon train for Louis
vile. Miss Williamson, organizing
nurse, left Monday for Henderson to
look after the matter Of the Hender-
son County tuberculosis Sanitorium,
which has been hanging fire for some,
time on account of delay in making
the promised appropriation by the
fiscal court. This has now been ar
ranged and plans are being perfected
for the formal opening Of the sani
torium about about January iSt.
Miss Neville, Of Louisville, patron
of free Trachoma Clinics in Kentue-
KY, was there and helping in person
but left before the Clinic closed, be
cause there was such abundance Of
good local help present She gave
che blankets and much Of the linen
used for the Clinic and made a cash
donation besides. The materials Civ
en- will become the property Of the
Health League and 60 into its supply
chests for future use.
Ihe generous action Of the State
Y. M. C. A., Committee in granting
the use Of its building and equipment
free Of charge to the Health League
for the Clinic has come in for much
favorable comment from those who
knew OF this action.
Miss Frederick, visiting nurse for
the League, is the happiest woman
Hopkins county and, though a little
worn by strenuous work, is ready
and busy again on the. health relief
work to which her time us devoted
Some thirty physicians Of Hopkins