Evening journal., 1922-05-31
HOSPITAL ADDS
TOLABORATORY
Homeopathic Institutions
New Facilities Open TO
All Physicians
COST is DEFRAYED
BY JUNIOR BOARD

The Homeopathic Hospital has
taken a long step forward in its field
Of usefulness by re-equlpping and
greatly improving its clinical labora-
tory and providing a well trained
iechnician TO conduct It.
This Improvement has been
brought about by adding to the al
ready good equipment OF the hos
ptal the private laboratory hereto
fore conducted by DR.. Victor d.
Washburn, whose clinical work has
been of growing Importance TO the
medical profession in Delaware
The physical Improvement OF the
laboratory consists Of completely
renovating the quarters occupied by
IL. The rooms have been repainted,
new plumbing has been Installed
and everything OF that nature added
10 facilitate .he work Of the tech
nician Ths additional apparatus
makes the laboratory probably the
most complete on the Peninsula. II
IS thoroughly equipped to assist in
the diagnosis Of diseases by the ex-
animation Of blood and other body
fluids. the Importance Of which work
Is thoroughly recognized.
This increasing OF its facilities
places the Homeopathic Hospital in
line with the most advanced thought |
in hospital management, and makes |
Il possible for the hospital to qualify |
in Glass One before State boards of |
licensure. This viii solve the ques-
ton of internes for the Hospital. be-
cause II makes II a desirable berth /
for young physicians to secure hos
pital experience.
II IS planned TO keep the labora-
tory thoroughly In touch with de-
velopments in clinical medicine, and
arrangements have been made 10
use in certain examinations of blood,
where most accurate laboratory re-
ports are needed. the products OF
Professor Kolmer's Laboratory in
Philadelphia so that the Homeo- ,
pathlc Hospital will have the benefit /,
Of the work of this larger and fam +,
Gus laboratory.
The Homeopathic Hospital man.
agement looks TO the advancement =
20 be OF great benefit. not only to the N
lospital, but to the community and
he State at large. The enlarged IA
'ilities are such that the require !
nents of outside patients, no mat
er what they be, can be taken care !
", and physicians throughor- the
State, who are not connected with /,
he hospital. regardless of their
school, will be able to use its labora- .
.ory facilities. :
The personnel has been carefully :
selected. DR.. Washburn will be the
responsible head, as director OF the
clinical laboratory. and the techni-
clan VIII be Miss Frances w. Penny
packer. who took her Degree of
A. b. from Sweet Briar College. in
1915. Miss Pennypacker received
her training IN serology under Prof.
J. A. Kolmer, at the Polytechnic Hos
pital, in Philadelphia, and her train
ng in blood chemistry under the di-
-ection of Prof. Victor Myers, at the q
New York Postgraduate Hospital.
she has had over five years actual l.
experience in various clinical labora- 9
cries r
The installation Of these new la
,oratory facilities and the renova- o
ion Of the quarters have been made a
possible through the efforts of the 81
unior Board OF the Hospital. This n
ody received with enthusiasm the
roposal TO enlarge the clinical IA y
ilities and undertook to defray all ~
he expenses connected with the inn
This has been accom-
nshed in a short time. and the la
oratory which has been in use for
Dme time. will go into operation
1rmally tomorrow. without adding =
ny burden OF debt to the hospital. cl