The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-04-15
NOSE AND THROAT
CLINIC ORGANIZED
Lincoln County Child Welfare to
Hold First Clinic April 27
Doctors Cooperate.

At a recent meeting of all the
Brookhaven doctors, plans were made
and teams organized whereby all the
doctors are cooperating in getting
the nose and throat defects of the
shcool children and pre-school chill
dren of Lincoln county corrected. All
the doctors of Brookhaven are vital
ly interested in giving the children
the best in getting these defects cor
rected.
The doctors organized themselves
into teams of three-each team
working alternately each week. The
teams as organized by the doctors
are as follows: Team No. 1 consists
of Drs. Flowers, Butler and AIRING
ton; Team No. Q: Drs. Johnson, Fri
zell and Collins; Team No. 8: Drs.
Higdon, Mcleod and Warren.
Team No. l will do the first work
in removing diseased tonsils and ad-
enoids of children suffering with
these defects. The first clinic held
by these doctors will be on Thurs
day, April 9th. All who wish to
register their children for this elm
ic will get in touch with Miss Davis,
child welfare nurse, to be able to OBJ
tain the low price made for the spec
ial benefit Of the children in enab-
ling all to take advantage of the op-
portunity to get this work done.
The entire cost for removal Of ton
sils and adenoids at this clinic in
Guiding doctors fee, purses and hos
pital fee, will be only $4,000, for the
new Kings Daughters Hospital is
interested in giving the children of
the county the best, and are, giving
their full cooperation by making a
special price whereby all the chill
dren can receive attention of good
doctors at a reasonable rate, and
their small fee is included in the
$4,000 fee charged each child; but
to obtain this opportunity at this
special price for removal of tonsils
and adenoids the child must be reg
istered through Miss Lula Davis, R.
N, Child Welfare Nurse, or else the
full charge will be made. You can
get in touch with Miss Davis by
writing her at Brookhaven or calling
at her office in grand jury room at
the court house any Saturday and
registering child with her for this
special clinic day, and let her know
for which team you want your child
registered. She will give you all in
formation on preparation for opera
tion required.
Team No. /, Drs. Flowers, Butler
and Arlington, will hold their elm
ic on Thursday, April 27th at o.
clock a. M, at King Daughters Hos
pital. Team No. 2, Drs. Johnson,
Frizell and Collins, will hold their
first clinic on Thursday, May 18th,
at Kings Daughters Hospital. Team
No. 3, Drs. Higdon, Mcleod and
Warren, will hold their first clinic
on May 25th at Kings Daughters
/. Hospital. .----z--. 60. -
The parents of children suffering
with diseased tonsils and adenoids
may choose either team they wish to
do their children's operations, and
register same with Miss Davis at
least three days before regular clinic
day. This special price is only for
school children and pre-school chill
dren of the county, and Miss Davis
is very anxious to have the parents
of children suffering with these de-
fects take advantage of this splendid
opportunity for getting these defects
corrected and have them attended to
during the summer vacation time SO
child will be we'll and strong by time
school begins in the early fall. The
children of the county who aren't
able to take advantage of this special
price will be cared for free of cost.
The parents have never before had
such a splendid opportunity of get
ting children's defects corrected and
making better health for the chill
dren of the county. Miss Davis ur-
ges every parent to take advantage
of this splendid chance to better the
school and pre-school child's health.