The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-12

VISITORS SEE
INSIDE DETAIL
Trip Through Operating Room
Found Knives and Saws
Out for Inspection
Of Curious.
1854 TREATED IN 1920
10000 Have Been Cared for by
Institution Since First Pa
tient Was Admitted
i'm 1901,


National Hospital Day was observed
TODAY by hospitals all over .he United
States and part Of Canada. Parker Me-
mortal Hospital was open to the public
from 3 to 5 o'clock this afternoon. The
activities Of the hospital we're explained
and demonstrations were given by the
nurses.
The visitors were frs; shown the meth.
DDS Of admission TO the hospital. There
are blank forms which mssi be filled out
on the entrance Of each applicant for
treatment. They are filed with the his
tories Of the patients. If the patient is
student certain information must be- Sc
cured 10 comply with the rules Of the Stu.
dent Health Service. Various Offices Of
the University mus. be notified.
The clinical laboratory is in the Medi.
cal Building but for today demonsira.
fion Of its work was made in the Hospital
Building. Microscopic demonstrations Of
the most common disease germs were
shown.
In the operating room the use Of in
sirumenis in the common operations, such
as appendicitis. and for various diseases
was hoWn.
Types Of dressings used we're on dis
play. These are made BY the nurses
The exhibit showed the progress Of the
different dressings from crude gauze to
the finished product.
All the dressings, linen. towels and
instruments, are sfefilized by special
methods. The dressings and towels are
placed in a large container and a small
tube, called ihe sterilizing control, is
placed among them. Firsi~live steam is
turned on and then they are dried Dur !
ing the process the heat has turned the |
chemical in the small glass tube bright ]
red. This is proof that the sterilization
is adequate for heat is the only thing
that causes 1t TO fuse. The instruments
are immersed in water and boiled.
The k-ray laboratory was in operation
and the use oi TIE huOroscope was dem
ons,rated. BY the use Of microscopic
screen the bones and the large body It's
sues can be seen. Ii is also possible to
see the shape of the heart and the level
Of fluids in the chest The intensity of
:he light thrown by the XIay tube is
regulated bv major. When great con-
cenlratiOn is desired voltage is high and
the effect can be feh all over the room.
The greatest skill is not in taking the
X-ray photographs but in their interpre.
iati9n. Through The use Of an instru-
menl which reflects the image on the Y
Tay plate a stereoscopio view is obtained
and the third dimension seen.
The films are filed alphabetically and
can be referred to at any time. Those
for the parts Of the body vary in size but
all are larger thar. the dental films, which
are about one by one and one-half inches.
Mss Dorothy Broeffle had small Red
Gross exhibit shaving how the work Of :
the Red Cross nurse was finished by the !.
hospital.
A view was also obtained Of one Of the s
wards which was vacant. During the /
regular school term it is usually filled a
9Th men students.
4 paper was given to each visitor tell
ing something of the history Of the insti- :
tuition.
The hospital as il now stands was
made possible by the gifts Of William II.
Parker Of Colombia and Adolphus Busch . !.
Of ST. louis in addition 70 a grant by "
The General Assembly in 1899. "
The first patient was received in the
hospital on October 20, 1901. During the u
irsi year ninety-two patients we're re- 3
seived. Up to this time 10000 patients =
have been received. .
The medical, surgical and laboratory -
md nursing staffs are made up of six D
physicians. twelve graduate nurses and
Nurses has been organized twenty years. Il
The first nurse was graduated in 1904 p
since ihen ioriy-four have been grad "
iaied from the school "
The hospital exists primarily for the "
,eneiit Of students Of the University. All as
.inds of general medical and surgical pa. pi
tents are admitted for treatment. The -
~rmal rapacity Of the hospital is thirty. :
The daily average population for 1920
Vas tWeniy-ihree. the total admissions
or the year being 1854. Eighteen doc
ors cared for patients in the hospital
uTing the year. The above figures do
oi take account Of 2,480 students who
eceiyed attention in the Student Health
ervice. The students made 5,98l visits
D the hospital in 1920