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Hospital Notes

Hospital, those present being Mrs
James NJ Robertson, Mrs. Harr!
Brannoc'., Mrs. Lloyd Webster, Mrs
II. Harry Hopkins, Miss Lottl'
! Henry Miss Nellie Calvert Carol
and Mrs. Russell P. Smith, o.
Cambridge and Miss Viola Brins1elt
of Fork District. 1t seems that the
county representatives are not alive
to their duties, and it is hoped be-
! fore the next meeting which will De
i'll September, that they will decide
to take Il keener interest IN tht
hospital Many of the Auxiliary aft
not very active and if they coms
back in the Fall with determlna-
ton to do better it will be an in
spiration to the members who nave
performed their tasks so faithfully
this year.
Lights for the patients rooms and
necessities for the operating room
have been ordered out of the money
raised at the benefit given tins
spring at the Opera House.
We are delighted to publish the
fact that the hospital did not go IN
debt last month. This does mol
mean that the institution is out OF
debt-not by long shot but II
does mean that the head nurse, the
assistant and the housekeeDer are
stopping the leaks.
1t would be a revelation to the ma
| jority of the people in dorchester
county ID go through the hospital
. The writer does not mean merely TO
pass through the halls, visit pri-
yate room and a ward and then
walk out via front door with a casu-
al glance at the office. People who
| see no more than this are excused
for saving the hospital is managed
| poorly.
| The last time the women helpers
| met Miss Dawson superintendent
! opened the hospital to them for IN
spection You all know how critic
al women are, and also how inquisl-
tive. Well those women started IN
to see the Cambridge Maryland Hos
pital and incidentally to ask ques-
tions and to suggest better plans,
1.-The first real surprise the committee
encountered was gauZe. Most OF US
look upon gauZe as non-essentlal'
but at the hospital is is a necessity.
Mrs. Robertson looked at the
three boxes and said Now, MISS
Dawson, how much did this cost
Three hundred and five dollars,
Miss Dawson answered Immediately,
and added, This supply will last six,
months"
The women moved on to look for
something more encouraging. 1t was
befo ore them in the form of an att
tractive dining room for the nurses
Spotless linen, nicely launderedI
curtains at the windows, neat furnLsl
ture and china made the place lnVlt-
ing. Miss Dawson shut the door &c
make sure not one fly would get any
supper.
Then there was the kitchen with
huge stoves looking like they couid
devour a ton of coal and then roar to;
be fed again. The next room was
the diet kitchen. Rows of trays
lined the shelves, and on each, tray
was fresh linen and good dishes.
In the. medicine room. Miss paN
son announced the receipt of do-'
nation of drugs from Sharpe &
Dohne
Then the committee scrutinized
the coal bin and their hearts sank
when they compared the size OF the
coal pile with the huge bin, and to
think there is a coal famine ahead.
To make matters worse these men,
bers of the weaker sex had to pass
the massive furnaces which stared at
them like man-eating monsters.
Through the underground pass
age the inspection trip led to the ma
ternity addition where wee voice
in the nursery piped note of well
come. Mrs Van Buskirk, superln-
tendent of this hospital greeted the
visitors. The building was spotless,
the patients well cared for and the
youngsters without collie.
On the return to the main hos
pital the committee agreed that to
become a successful nurse one must
have an optimistic view of life and
big feet, otherwise the strain would
be too great. The next stop was on
the second floor.
This is the reception room for
nurses commenced Miss Dawson.
How cosy" remarked Mrs. WEB
ster.
Lovely" said Miss Carroll.
But Miss Dawson continued,
"you know we have thirteen pupil
nurses at present and we are expect
ing three more in the near future.
We will have no room for the new
comers and SO must take this
room and the nurses will have no
place to entertain"
There were no comments. All
the minds were ponderi"g the same
question: What will Miss Dawson
do with sixteen girls when they have
no place to receive friends?"
More steps. The elevator was out
of order. But what of that? Some
times its out of order on operating
day and doctors and nurses be-
come a mechanical device. They
carry men and women up to the
operating room, care for them dur
| ing the most critical moments OF
! their lives and bring their patients
| downstairs, apparently in lifeless
! condition.
| The Auxiliary and the lone County
Chairman, halted and wondered if it
| would be safe to inspect the top hall.
| The committee feared not. showers
! of blessings but deluge Of plaster.
| Some OF the plaster had fallen and
! more of it seemed ready to fall.
| Next: the operating room. Beautl-
| fully tiled, spotlessly clean. Looked
like the very place for one to fall
| asleep, soothed with an anaesthetic
| and dream he was inhaling such rare
perfumes as rose, violet and lily-of
the-yalley. Miss Dawson explained
the needs of the operating room.
Then there was that spooky N-Ray
room. The apparatus stood gaunt
and ghastly, like one Of the lean fig
ures which supposedly stalked about
the Haunted House" in East Cam
bridge generations ago when adven
turers sought vainly for treasurers
il its cellar.
The black walls of the N-Ray
room gave it the appearance of a
death chamber There was nt
beauty to hold ones attention.
We'll, this is all" ventured ono
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