Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-01
CLINICAL LABORATORY
At HOMEO. HOSPITAL
Veil Equipped and Much I'M
proved Department In Op-
eratlon Tomorrow.

The Homeopathic Hospital has taken
. long step forward in its field Of useful
mes. hv rc-cQuipping and greatly inn
proving its chncial laboratory and add
ing To its personnel well trained
tcchnic,an TO conduct It.
This improvement has been brought
shou, by adding 10 the already good
equipment of the hospital the private
laboratory heretofore conducted by DIR.
\ic,or ID. Washburn, whose clinical work
has been Of growing Importance To the
medical profession in Delaware.
The physical improvement OF the
laboratory consists of completely reno
waiting the quarters occupied by II.
The rooms have been repaintcd, new
plumbing has been installed and every
thing of that nature added to facilitate
the work of the technician. The addi-
tional apparatus makes the laboratory
probably the most complete on the
peninsula Ii is thoroughly equipped to
assist in the diagnosis of diseases 10y the
examination of blood and other body
fluids, the importance of which work Is so
thoroughly recognized that no hosplta!
in these DAYS is ranked ms first-class
which has not the facilities for this KIND
Of investigation.
This increasing Of its facilities places
the Homeopathic Hospital in line with
the most advanced thought in hospital
management. and makes IT possible
Tor the hospital to qualify IN class one
before State boards of hcensure. This
will solve the question of internes Tor
the Hospital, because II makes IT n
desirable berth for Young physicians TO
L.. al
IL is planned 20 keep the laboratory
in touch with de vclo pmcnts IN clinical
medicine. and arrangements have been
made 10 Use IN certain examinations oi
blood, where most accurate laboratory
reports are needed. the products of
Professor kolmers Laboratory in Phila'
dclphia. ~ that the Homeopathic Hos
pital will have the benefit of the work o
this much larger and famous laboratory
The Homeopathic Hospital manage
ment looks To this advancement To be a.
great benefit, not only To the hospital
hut 60 the community and the stat,
at large. The enlarged facilities are suci
that the requirements Of outside patients
no matter what they be, can. be taken
care of, and physicians throughout The
state who are not connected with th'
Hospital, regardless Of their school, vii
hc able 10 use its laboratory facilities.
\ The personnel has been carefully
selected Dr Washburn will he tn
responsible head. as director of th'
clinical laboratory, and the tcchniciar
will he Miss Frances W. Pcnnypacker
who took her degree OF \. II. from Swcc
Rriar College in 1915. Miss Penny
packer received her training IN Scrolop'
under Prof. ! A. kolmer at the Poly
clinic Hospital IN Philadelphia, anC
her training IN Blood Chemistry undo
the direction of Prof. Victor Myers a
the New York Postgraduate Hospital
She has had over five wears actual eN
pcrience IN various clinical Laboratories
Her references aud credentials are o
! high order.
Tho installation Of these new labora
tory facilities and the rcpovation of th,
quarters have been made possible through
tho efforts Of the Junior Board of th'
Hospital. This body received tn
proposal TO enlarge the clinical faclltie
and undertook To defrav all the expense
connected with the improvement. ThI
has been accomplished IN a very shor
time. and the laboratory which has bee
| m use for some time. goes into operation
formally tomorrow. without adding an
burden of debt 90 the hospital.