South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-27
~. JOSEPH's HOSPITAL.

suffer the little children 10 come
unto Ne and forbid them not" said
the great Physician-the Divine
Healer-nineteen centuries ago.
Far-famed was this Physician. Men
great and learned in power and
science sought His advice, submit
ted 20 His marvellous skill. Men.
who selfish i'm their concerns and
importance, in their am bition for
strength 10 battle with the world S
activities would have kept from
Him the little ones. This rebuke
has come down the years with all
it's vigor and import: time has but
Intensified its severity. All worthy
members of the medical profession
and their auxiliaries have harken-
ed TO it. reflected on Us significance
until today the child-his claim to
life, his God-given right 70 live. and
his piteous. but just. appeal for re-
lief from hereditary and specific ills
lis the absorbing aim Of religion,
science and )hilantnrophy.
The sisters of Saint Joseph hospi-
tai listen eagerly to the claims Of
the AAAAAt OlAtSs COAAA AbtAAu > AuAIlt
men and women, endeavoring TO do
all in their power to supply the
needs OF the children. The hOspi-
tails splendidly equipped maternity
department, with its skilled and
trained attendants and pre-caution-
airy methods assures the baby and
mother safe arrival and recovery.
The nurses in training are instruct
ed in the care and feeding of the
baby. The grave responsibility Of
their WORK is deeply impressed up
on them. 1t is with the highest
aims. most noble incentives that
they will practice this knowledge in
their professional work, thus in
creasing extending the power of the
institution for good. Frequently the
hospital is called upon to furnish
temporal as well as medical assist
ance. and. in many instances. TO find
a home fer the baby. The baby
often appeals for a shelter for his
mother weeks before he claims at
tention. The untiring. exacting
vigilance. the self-sacrihce and de-
v6tedness exercised by the workers
in this department have merited
success. The generous apprecia-
ton and patronage of the people of
South Bend have made it possible
for the sisters 70 enlarge the de-
partmen1 during the present year
and to devote an entire floor to the
baby.
His CRY for life appeased. the
baby passes into childhood and to
school days The teacher, alert to
the physical as well as the mental
welfare of her charges, quickly
notes what has escaped the ignor-
ant or Indifferent parent often
times blamelessly SOD the defective
speech and hearing. She finds the
cause in the enlarged tonsil or ade-
mold. The child's health and ply
steal development are impaired or
impeded by these growths and their
remova, is of vital importance and
would be of immense benefit. The
eye, ear. throat and nose clinic
opened last year at the hospital
records large numbers of patients
from the city's schools who received
surgical and hospital attention.
Through the clinic. the hospital
daily extends its charity to all needy
children
The hospital lends an attentive
ear TO all children-the street ur-
chins with mutilated or fractured
limbs. the disease stricken children
of the poor. but its greatest zeal is
for the innocent victims of others
crimes of self-indulgence. The re-
buke of the Great Physician is
heard again in the mis-shapen, dis
torted limb and body. mutely, des-
pairingly appealing for release from
the letters OF that dreadful scourge
which permeates the entire body
and impedes the exercise of its var
ious functions and dOoms them to
become outCasts or public charges.
To eliminate, to eradicate. to check
this hideOus, ravaging infection at
its first appearance the institution.
the members Of its staff. and nurs-
ing corps are devoting their great
est skill and energies. Pitable suf-
fering little cripples have been
brought TO the hospital. TO leave
after weeks Of surgical care and