Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
MEXICO GIRLS, NURSES,
AID N TWILIGHT SLEEP
Young Women From This CITY
Studying 10 Be Nurses IN St
Louis Hospital. Successful
AID IN NEW BIRTH METHOD
Assist Physicians in Giving Drug
Whose Success Is sun a Matter
Of Contention.

Twilight Sleep. whose efficiency IN
childbirth Is stIl a matter Of eonteh-
ton among the physicians is being
administered frequently in St Lou
Is ard Mexico girls, who are study
ing to become trained nurses in the
great Hospitals Of that city, r
among those nurses VINO are aiding in
this wonderful work.
In the Barnes Hospital, Of St Louis
where Twilight Sleep is administer
ed in several cases a month at
least the following Mexico girls are
receiving their training as nurses
Misses Minnie S~tallings, Ruth Aber-
it,, Polly Powell, Lilly ard Clara
Taylor, Miss Mable Skaggs, a former
Hardin College student is another
taking the nurses course. Miss Nit
tie Peck is studying to be a nurse IN
the St louis City Hospital
Miss stllinFs has assisted in the
administration Of Twilight Sleep a
number Of times. as have other Of the
Mexico students. Il is a part OF the
training Of every young woman who
takes the nursing curse al Barnes
which IS one Of the greatest institu-
tons Of its kind in the world in both
size and efficiency.
Twilight Sleep" a fantastic trans
llation Of ~Damenschlaf," is a method
Of painless childbirth practiced at
FreiSerg in Germany by the great
surgeons KONG and Gauss. 1t has
been introduced into this country in
the last three years and is but a de-
velopment Of a very old practice en-
riched by modern scientific research.
The semi-darkness Of the twilight
chamber is penetrated by no sound.
The doctor and his attendants have 8
code Of commands and replies. The
ticking Of q watch, the rhythmic drip
Of water, the sharp tone Of a voice
would disturb the necessary tranquil
fty. the condition called amnesia.
which destroys the memory Of pain,
The sub-eonscious mind of a scope
lamine subject is still active, but
there is no knowledge in the mind Of
the patient Of what occurs while under
its influence.
The dispensory feature Of the stu
dents work always proves especi-
ally interesting according TO Miss
Stallings. The dispensory at Barnes
in which several Mexico physicians
have worked, is free to the public. II
is where the poor receive medical at
tention and undergo minor opera
tons. The physicians in charge are
Young men who work without pay for
the experience. The clerical work is
done by young society women who
give their time as the work is purely
a charitable one. Hundreds are treat
ed daily in the d~ispensory.
All Of the Mexico girls who are
studying to becpme trained nurses
are enthusiastic over their work and
are making splendid Roadway in their
training courses. The course requires
three years Of work and rs soon as
they develop sufficiently they are
placed in charge of patients under
the direction Of a graduate nurse who
~supervises their work.
There is little time for pleasure,
although there is some social life for
the students. Between duty in the
wards and waiting on private patients
and attending classes, lectures and
operations their time is fully occu-
pied. There lisa special building for
the nurses to live in and they have
their social hours during stated pc
RODS Of the week.