Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-02-03
NEW HOSPITAL c. 0.
HAS ARRIVED HERE
Surgeon II. Il. Whitledge Relieved Sur
sesn w. A. korn Last Week;
Latter Goes TO Whipple
NEW C. o. APPROVES CLIMATE
Hints at big Job TO Keep Sick Soldiers
In Barracks Satisfied; Crate
ful for Cooperation

At'it Ah' paAN VI Aaob WIN ahh
assumed command of the U. $. Public
Health hospital almost Immediately.
Surgeon w. A. Korn, former com
mnnder, left at once to take over Whip
pie Barracks at Prescott, Ariz. The
Public Health Service Is very for
tunate In procuring man of Major
Whitledge's experience and ability. He
has been n specialist In tuberculosis all
his life, having taken post graduate
work In Chicago, New York, Vienna |
and Berlin. lie has just been dis |
charged from the u. $. Army, having
been stationed at the army's largest tu-
bercular hospital at Oteen, n. G., where
lac was supervisor over l25 medical OF '
llcers. Before going TO Oteen, the
major was tubercular specialist az
Camp Sherman. He Is a member OF
the National Tubercular association
and before entering the army special
lied In disease e.. the chest In Evans
willie, Ind. The major expects his fam
lily here soon and contemplates living
in town.
"This In indeed splendid climate
that l have come to-" the major said.
THE air and sunshine here ought to
do wonders for those suffering from
tuberculosis and other kindred dis
eases. | appreciate all that the people
of Deming are doing TO cooperate with
the hospital. 1t will be my object to
do all 1 can TO make this hospital out
here a thoroughly modern and up-to-
date place In every feature. My ex-
perience with tubercular people In civil
practice and in the army has been
that there is little II any difference be
tween the physical manifestations of
this disease among civilians and sol
diers and sailors but there is n radical
mental difference. Contentment has II
large part in the cure Of tuberculosis,
and we are now trying to do every
thing we can out here to make this hos
pitnl n pleasant and comfortable place
Regulation Socks and Shirtwaists
Few people realize, and even those AT
the hospital not excepted, the large
amount of laundry necessary for an IN
stitution of this size. At the present
time there are about 1I5 beds In use by
the patients and 90 by he Officers
nurses and employees. Many Of these
beds are changed every day. Moreover
there is an enormous amOuntof per
sonnl laundry coming both from the pa
tients and hospital personnel. Three
times week large army trucks convey
heaping baskets to the railroad station
where IL Is shipped to Santa Rita. AS
the hospital continues TO grow, the vol
ume of work required will Increase If
like ratio. Those who know do moi
envy the job of those men whose duty
it Is 10 see that John Doe shall gel
his own collar back and that Miss
smith shall not receive in place of hel
shirtwaist pair of army socks.
All Kinds and Conditions
The newspaper writers and the cen
sts bureau have always told us thai
New York and San Francisco wer'
places peculiar for their cosmopolitan
ism, but that was before this hOspita
was opened. No two. patients com'
from the same place. The disparity II
age Is Just as striking and when 4
comes To the help the Tower Of Babe
seems to have reappeared. In on'
kitchen there are five men representing
the four great races of man, white
black. red and yellow, with an ener
getlc representative from Erin To In
sure the supremacy OF the white race
II Is just this diversity Of speech ans
tradition that makes this hospital 1
little world In itself.
Sign Here!
u. G.. DonstOn, our property officer
left Sunday for whipple Barracks {,
assume charge Of the property ther'
which the army Is turning over to th'
Public Health Service. Before COMING
TO this post Donston was medical sup
g. IfNafaannt Il
has had wide experience in handlin'
property and we have yet To hear o
anyone putting one over on him. HI
favored sayings were "Sign here" an'
ain this case we will make up tn
shortage out Of your pay check" He
we are sarry to see him depart for III
always had a joke or witty saying e
mix with the serious business of life.
Yucca Palms for Looks
One of the greatest surprises to TN
patients who arrive from the East i
TO discover the lack OF hospitality upoI
the part Of the yucca plant. At mrs
he takes II for n pineapple. The las
stage In his education Is the discover.
that the Yucca plant is not grass AM
under no circumstances should he sa
upon.
Patients Can Help
Although there are relatively only
few patients whose "T. r." has bee
inactive for some time, vet these mel
represent n great diversity Of occupa
tion. The needs Of the hospital are al
most as extensive as that Of a city, $
almost every well patient can be o
service II he so desires. One Of tn
ratients Is n male nurse and now ha
charge Of one ward; another is war;
master. Fulwider and Davis are TN
hacteriologist and laboratorian, re
spectively; Smith is chauffeur; Flow
l ers Is barber. and Hutchings acts n
hospital utility man. Still another pa
tient Is general repair man. There !
patient IN the N-ray laboratory an'
another will help the dentist. The hos
pital appreciates the help Of the mel